@article{3f624ada19184d38900805e73ab66f48,
title = "Fetal lung maturation in twin gestation",
abstract = "Clear amnionic fluid was collected at cesarean section and the lecithin/sphingomyelin ( L S) ratio was used to evaluate fetal lung maturation in 42 twin gestations. The L S ratios of twin pairs were usually similar in both numerical value and predictive accuracy except when the greater L S ratio from one member of a pair indicated borderline lung maturity. Twin fetal lung maturation was found to be independent of sex, zygosity, and birth weight discordance. Comparison of mean L S ratios in twins to those of uncomplicated singleton pregnancies revealed that fetal lung maturation occurred several weeks earlier in twins.",
author = "Leveno, {Kenneth J.} and Quirk, {J. Gerald} and Whalley, {Peggy J.} and Herbert, {William N P} and Robert Trubey",
note = "Funding Information: From the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,The University ofTexas Health Science Center at Dallas. Supported in part by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (POI-HD139I2). Presented at the Thirtieth Annual Meeting ofthe Societyfor Gyneco-logic Investigation, Washington, D. C., March 17-20, 1983. Reprint requests:Kenneth J. Leueno, M.D., Department ofObstetrics and Gynecology, The Univesity of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, Texas 75235. *Recipient of a Special Emphasis Research Career Award (AM00883).",
year = "1984",
month = feb,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1016/0002-9378(84)90716-6",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "148",
pages = "405--411",
journal = "American journal of obstetrics and gynecology",
issn = "0002-9378",
publisher = "Mosby Inc.",
number = "4",
}