1. Twins commonly experience decreased growth after 26 to 28 weeks and, as in this set, the effect may be more pronounced on the smaller of the twins. At that time, twins will restrict growth physiologically, and triplets will reduce growth after 35 weeks of gestation. As we can observe, birth weight discordance is a quasiphysiologic condition in multiples. (Used with permission from I. Blickstein.)
Source: Sonography in Multiple Gestation, Fleischer's Sonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Textbook and Teaching Cases, 8e
Citation: Fleischer AC, Abramowicz JS, Gonçalves LF, Manning FA, Monteagudo A, Timor IE, Toy EC. Fleischer's Sonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Textbook and Teaching Cases, 8e; 2017 Available at: Accessed: December 24, 2017
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