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Preterm Delivery After Reduction.

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| April 15, 2001 | WALSH, NANCY | COPYRIGHT 2001 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

RENO, NEV. -- Cervical length maintained its clinical relevance as a predictor of preterm delivery in twin gestations after multifetal pregnancy reduction, Dr. Andrei Rebarber reported in a poster session at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

"We were concerned about using trans-vaginal sonography to predict premature birth in these at-risk pregnancies since the predictive value of this modality may be affected by this procedure," said Dr. Rebarber of New York University, New York. The result could be an increase in either false-positive or false-negative test results.

An historical cohort of 35 women who underwent multifetal pregnancy reduction to twins was compared with a group of 83 women with twin pregnancies who had not undergone ...

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