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Case Reports of 16 Sets of Conjoined Twins from a Uganda Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

E.Z.N. Zake
E.Z.N. Zake*
Affiliation:
Obstetrical/Gynecological Unit, Upcountry General Hospital, Mbale, Uganda
*
Head, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mbale Hospital, P.O. Box 65, Mbale, Uganda

Abstract

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During a 10-year period (1971-1980) 16 sets of conjoined twins were delivered in the author's hospital. The incidence of those twins was 1 in 4242 deliveries, 1 in 69 multiple births, and 1 in 139 congenitally malformed babies. All diagnoses were made during labour or at operation and all babies were lost. There were no maternal deaths.

Keywords

Congenital malformationsConjoined twins
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , January 1984 , pp. 75 - 80
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1984

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