| Two Cases of Quintuplets. |
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Hwa Il Kwag, Kwang Ok Lee, Wan Lee, Young Youn Choi, Tai Ju Hwang |
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Department of Pediatrics， Chonnam University, Medical School， Kwangju, Korea |
| 5태아 2례 |
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곽화일, 이광옥, 이완, 최영륜, 황태주 |
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전남대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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Received: 13 May 1988 • Accepted: 8 November 1988 |
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| Abstract |
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The incidence of multiple pregnancies is realtively low in humanbeing than in other species. The
reported incidence of multiple pregnancies is highest among Blacks and East Indians, followed by
North European White, and is lowest among the Mongolian races. Recently, with advent of clomiphen
therapy, multple pregnancies are more freqently encountered.
Multiple pregnancies are frequently associated with highest rate of maternal morbidities and
pregnancy wastages including late abortion and high perinatal mortalities and morbidities.
Two cases of quintuplets were experienced in Chonnam National University Hospital in October,
1979. and in January, 1987. The first quintuplets were borm of a 31-year-old woman(parity 2-0-1-2)
who had not used ovulation induction drugs. The second were born of a 32-year-old woman
(parity 1-0-1-1) who received clomiphene therapy.
Two cases of quintuplets that were experienced in authors hospital are briefly presented here
with references. |
| Key Words:
Multiple pregnancies |
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