TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - SONOGRAPHY IN MULTIPLE GESTATION A1 - Matias, Alexandra A1 - Jeanty, Philippe A1 - Toy, Eugene C. A2 - Fleischer, Arthur C. A2 - Toy, Eugene C. A2 - Lee, Wesley A2 - Manning, Frank A. A2 - Romero, Roberto J. PY - 2015 T2 - Sonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology: Principles & Practice, 7e AB - DefinitionsMonozygotic twins: a pregnancy of 2 fetuses derived from the same zygote that divided between the day of fertilization and the 14th day. They can have phenotypic and genotypic differences and can have either a dichorionic or a monochorionic placentation.Dizygotic twins: a pregnancy of 2 fetuses derived from 2 different zygotes, resulting from the fertilization of 2 oocytes from the same cycle. They always have a dichorionic placentation.Chorionicity: type of placentation in cases of multiple pregnancy defined by the number of chorions.Lambda sign: sonographic sign resulting from the juxtaposition of 2 layers of amnion and 2 layers of chorion in a dichorionic twin pregnancy. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106706170 ER -