Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-cfpbc Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-24T20:07:13.336Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Higher Order Multiple Births: Natural Wonder or Failure of Therapy?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

H. Grützner-Könnecke ,
P. Grützner ,
B. Grützner ,
U. Grützner ,
A. Spalding-Grützner  and
P. Spalding
H. Grützner-Könnecke*
Affiliation:
ABC Club, International Organisation for Triplets and Higher Multiples, Darmstadt, West Germany
P. Grützner
Affiliation:
ABC Club, International Organisation for Triplets and Higher Multiples, Darmstadt, West Germany
B. Grützner
Affiliation:
ABC Club, International Organisation for Triplets and Higher Multiples, Darmstadt, West Germany
U. Grützner
Affiliation:
ABC Club, International Organisation for Triplets and Higher Multiples, Darmstadt, West Germany
A. Spalding-Grützner
Affiliation:
ABC Club, International Organisation for Triplets and Higher Multiples, Darmstadt, West Germany
P. Spalding
Affiliation:
ABC Club, International Organisation for Triplets and Higher Multiples, Darmstadt, West Germany
*
Strohweg 55, D-6100 Darmstadt, Germany

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

Data of 601 families with triplets and higher multiples have been collected. Since about nine years the number of higher-order births has been increasing enormously. The average pregnancy duration and the average birthweight of these mostly premature children have been declining from year to year. Despite the progress in neonatology, the death rate and the rate of handicapped children is very high. To prevent such disastrous outcomes, treatments for infertility should be performed only by physicians in centers with strong controls. Selective abortions are no regular solution to the problem of higher multiple gestation.

Keywords

TripletsHigher order multiplesBirthweightPrematurityFertility drugsNeonatal mortality
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , October 1990 , pp. 491 - 495
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1990

References

REFERENCES

1. ABC CLUB, International Organization for Triples and Higher Multiples. Darmstadt, West Germany, archives Cryotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity Cooperative Group: Multicenter Trial, Arch Ophthal 106:471–479, (1988).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
2. Degenhardt, K-H, von Harnack, G-H, Weyers, H: Drillingsstudien, Stuttgart: G Thieme (1961).Google Scholar
3. Hepp H, Höhergradige Mehrlinge – Ein klinisches und ethisches Problem der Reproduktionsmedizin. Geburtsh Frauenheilkd 49:225–233 (1989):Google Scholar
4. Fünflinge, Paditz E in Lommatzsch – Ein historischer Beitrag zur Mehrlilngsforschung, Zentralbl Gynäkol 109; 1202–1209 (1987):Google Scholar
5. Statistisches Bundesamt Wiesbaden (1988): Fachserie 1, Tab. 9, W. Kohlhammer, Mainz, S. 54, 98, 104.Google Scholar