Summer Morrison, a mom of three from North Carolina, was several weeks into her eight-week stay in a high-risk maternity unit for a rare condition known as monoamniotic twins when she learned another ...

It is an accepted medical doctrine that monochorionic twins are exclusively monozygous. This doctrine is supported by two studies that assessed placental pathological features and multiple serologic ...

The birth of twins has always fascinated people. Throughout history, twins have been seen as special, sometimes even magical. Today, medical science helps us understand the different types of twin ...

To assess renin, aldosterone, human atrial natriuretic peptide (hANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels in cord blood from monochorionic diamniotic (MD) twins with a birthweight (BW) ...

What Are Monochorionic-Diamniotic (MCDA) Twins? MCDA twins are a type of identical twins. They come from a single fertilized egg that splits between the fourth and eighth day after conception. This ...