The rate of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome/transient tachypnea in the newborn and the amniotic lamellar body count in twin pregnancies compared with singleton pregnancies

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8309514	Clinica Chimica Acta	2018	5 Pages	PDF

Abstract

We showed that twin fetuses experience more rapid lung maturation and lung fluid absorption than singleton fetuses, as confirmed by the higher LBC values in twin fetuses.

Keywords

Transient tachypnea of the newborn twin pregnancy fetal lung maturity Respiratory distress syndrome lamellar body amniotic fluid

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Life Sciences Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Biochemistry

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The rate of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome/transient tachypnea in the newborn and the amniotic lamellar body count in twin pregnancies compared with singleton pregnancies

Authors

Hiroyuki Tsuda, Tomomi Kotani, Tomoko Nakano, Kenji Imai, Takafumi Ushida, Akihiro Hirakawa, Fumie Kinoshita, Yuichiro Takahashi, Shigenori Iwagaki, Fumitaka Kikkawa,