Open AccessPre-eclampsia and Chorionicity in Women with Twin Gestations
Author(s) -
Praveen K Nirmalan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/7806.3902
Subject(s) - zygosity , gestation , medicine , obstetrics , population , pregnancy , gynecology , genetics , environmental health , biology
Pre-Eclampsia (PE) affects 6-31% of pregnant women with multiple gestations. There are conflicting reports on the association of PE with Chorionicity and zygosity; however, there is a lack of information on this potential association in a population of pregnant Asian Indian women.