Abstract
The case report illustrates that pre-eclampsia like symptoms can arise as a consequence
of pathological changes in a single feto-placental unit of a twin pregnancy and may
resolve spontaneously when the cause is removed.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
December 5,
2003
Received in revised form:
July 2,
2003
Received:
April 2,
2003
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© 2003 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
