Superfecundation and dual paternity in a twin pregnancy ending with placental abruption

Authors
Ambach, E Parson, W Brezinka, C
Citation
E. Ambach et al., Superfecundation and dual paternity in a twin pregnancy ending with placental abruption, J FOREN SCI, 45(1), 2000, pp. 181-183
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Tecnology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES
ISSN journal
00221198 → ACNP
Volume
45
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
181 - 183
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1198(200001)45:1<181:SADPIA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A case of superfecundation and dual paternity in a twin pregnancy is presen ted. Placental abruption developed at week 33 of gestation and the two boys had to be saved by emergency cesarean section. As they shared one placenta , had almost identical weight and had the same sex, they were assumed to be monozygotic. However, a subsequent paternity suit led to the conclusion, b ased on DNA-analysis, that the twin brothers had been fathered by two diffe rent men. Obstetrical implications are discussed.