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ABSENCE OF UPPER LIMBS (AMELIA) IN SURVIVING INTRAUTERINE TWIN AFTER SALPINGECTOMY FOR ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Mathews D. D.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12562.x
Subject(s) - salpingectomy , medicine , ectopic pregnancy , pregnancy , obstetrics , gestation , gynecology , biology , genetics
Summary A patient is described who had simultaneous tubal and intrauterine pregnancies. The tubal pregnancy was treated by salpingectomy at 51 days after the onset of the last menstrual period. The surviving twin was born after 42 weeks gestation and had no upper limbs (amelia).