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Twins, Chorionicity and Zygosity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Robert Derom ,
Elizabeth Bryan ,
Catherine Derom ,
Louis Keith  and
Robert Vlietinck
Robert Derom*
Affiliation:
Centre for Human Genetics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. r.derom@belgacom.net
Elizabeth Bryan
Affiliation:
Multiple Births Foundation, London, UK.
Catherine Derom
Affiliation:
Centre for Human Genetics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Louis Keith
Affiliation:
Northwestern University Medical School and The Center for the Study of Multiple Birth, Chicago, Illinois Aided by grants number 3.0038.82 and 3.0008.90 of the Fund for Medical Scientific Research (Belgium).
Robert Vlietinck
Affiliation:
Centre for Human Genetics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
*
*Address: Association for Scientific Research in Multiple Births, Kwadenplasstraat 12, B-9070 Destelbergen (Belgium)

Abstract

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Accurate determination of zygosity and chorionicity is essential in all multiple maternities. The parents and the multiples themselves ask it. It is of medical importance and now considered as a prerequisite in several domains of twin research, especially when perinatal data are analysed. It helps the multiples and their parents and teachers to ascertain identity. The methods are briefly described and a plea is made to obstetricians and paediatricians to use them systematically at the time of birth.

Type
Festschrift
Information
Twin Research and Human Genetics , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , 01 June 2001 , pp. 134 - 136
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2001