American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 5 , Pages 494.e1-494.e8, May 2009

The pregnancy and long-term neurodevelopmental outcome of monochorionic diamniotic twin gestations: a multicenter prospective cohort study from the first trimester onward

Presented as an oral communication at the 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Maternal–Fetal Medicine, San Diego, CA, Jan. 26-31, 2009.

  • Els Ortibus, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Enrico Lopriore, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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  • Jan Deprest, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Frank P. Vandenbussche, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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  • Frans J. Walther, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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  • Anke Diemert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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  • Kurt Hecher, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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  • Lieven Lagae, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Paul De Cock, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Paul J. Lewi, PhD, Eng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Liesbeth Lewi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium

Received 25 November 2008; received in revised form 15 January 2009; accepted 23 January 2009.

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 Dr L. Lewi is the recipient of a Grant of the 5th Framework Program of the European Commission (#QLG1-CT-2002-01632 EuroTwin2Twin). Dr Deprest is the recipient of a Fundamental Clinical Researcher Grant of the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO)-(1.8.012.07.N.02).

 Cite this article as: Ortibus E, Lopriore E, Deprest J, et al. The pregnancy and long-term neurodevelopmental outcome of monochorionic diamniotic twin gestations: a multicenter prospective cohort study from the first trimester onward. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;200:494.e1-494.e8.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00115-X

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2009.01.048

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 5 , Pages 494.e1-494.e8, May 2009

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