PEDIATRICS Vol. 43 No. 1 January 1969, pp. 143
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Hyaline Membrane Disease in Twins

Gerald Neligan D.M.1, Evelyn Robson S.R.N.1, and Edmund Hey D.M.1

1 Princess Mary Maternity Hospital Newcastle upon Tyne 2 England

We were very interested to see the data from Czechoslovakia and Baltimore supporting the view that there is a higher incidence of hyaline membrane disease (HMD) in the more severely stressed, second-born than in the first-born members of twin pairs; our experience in this geographically intermediate part of the world has been very similar ever since we have had reliable data available. The following results summarize our findings in this hospital during the years 1955-1968.




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