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Images in neonatal medicine
Cord entanglement in monoamniotic twins
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Identical twin girls were delivered by emergency caesarean birth at 32 weeks with birth weights of 1890 and 1970 g. They were known to be monoamniotic (sharing the same amniotic sac). Monoamniotic twins are extremely rare, occurring in only 1% of monochorionic twins (identical twins who share the same placenta). …
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