Non-confined long-standing blood chimerism in a spontaneous monochorionic dizygotic twin pregnancy

Affiliations

¹ Department of Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
² Pediatric Endocrinology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
³ Tissue Typing Unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁶ Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tikva, Israel.

Hagit Daum et al. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2020 Mar.

. 2020 Mar;148(3):399-400.

doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13022. Epub 2019 Nov 26.

¹ Department of Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
² Pediatric Endocrinology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
³ Tissue Typing Unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁵ Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁶ Helen Schneider Hospital for Women, Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tikva, Israel.

No abstract available

Keywords: Chimerism; Chorionicity; Freemartinism; Monochorionic dizygotic twins; Prenatal diagnosis.

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