Objective: To describe the pregnancy course and outcome, and use of anakinra, a recombinant selective IL-1 receptor blocker, during pregnancy in patients with cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS), including familial cold auto-inflammatory syndrome (FCAS), Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS) and neonatal onset multi-system inflammatory disease (NOMID). Methods: Women currently enrolled in natu...

The association of birth type (single vs. double) and pregnancy type (single vs. double) with lactation performance and lactation curve was investigated in Holstein cows in Iran. Data of 243298 lactations on 138021 cows in 261 herds collected during January 2000 to December 2012 were used. The average twinning rate was 3.64% and ranged from 1.44% (primiparous) to 5.41% (multiparous). Factors as...

A monochorionic twin pregnancy is one in which both babies are dependent on a single, shared placenta. Around one-third of twin pregnancies in the UK have monochorionic placentas. Monochorionic placentation can also occur in higher-order multiples. There has been a recent increase in all types of multiple pregnancies with the increasing use of assisted reproductive techniques. Monochorionic (MC...

A monochorionic twin pregnancy is one in which both babies are dependent on a single, shared placenta. Around one-third of twin pregnancies in the UK have monochorionic placentas. Monochorionic placentation can also occur in higher-order multiples. There has been a recent increase in all types of multiple pregnancies with the increasing use of assisted reproductive techniques. Monochorionic (MC...

Twin pregnancies are at increased risk of complications than singletons1, 2. These complications can develop throughout gestation and pose greater risk to both mother and babies. Early pregnancy scanning enables accurate pregnancy dating, determination of chorionicity, labelling and possible risk prediction in monochorionic twin pregnancies3-7. This article focuses mainly on controversies in sc...

Interstitial pregnancy is rare and dangerous variation of ectopic pregnancy. We describe a case of unilateral interstitial viable twin pregnancy treated by selective uterine artery embolization. A 23-year-old women with clinical and ultrasonic diagnosis of viable twin interstitial pregnancy was treated by selective uterine artery embolization after failure of systemic methotrexate treatment. He...

This study aimed to compare longitudinal serum concentrations of angiogenic implantation factors between ongoing singleton and twin pregnancies after double-embryo transfer and to investigate whether these are involved in sustained double implantation. Sixteen patients with an ongoing singleton and nine patients with an ongoing twin pregnancy after double-embryo transfer were included in this p...

Objectives: To determine the incidence of twin pregnancy at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital and associated maternal and perinatal morbidity. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive study of patients with twin pregnancy, who delivered at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) from 1 st January, 2005 to 31 st December, 2009. Case notes of the patients were retrieved from the records department and...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the insulin requirements in women with type 1 diabetes during twin pregnancy compared with singleton pregnancy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS At 8, 14, 21, 27, and 33 gestational weeks, insulin requirements and HbA(1c) were compared between 15 twin pregnant women from 2000 to 2011 and 108 singleton pregnant women from 2004 to 2006. RESULTS In twin pregnancies, the weekly...