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Re: HCG levels and twins

From: Asem Anwar Moussa MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 1 Dec 2002 09:47:41 -0600 (CST)


At Sat, 30 Nov 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I had a quantitative HCG test done at 18 days p ast ovulation which waws 440.
> A week later on 25 days past ovulation I had anohter quantitiative blood
>test drawn which was 10666. Could this be an indication of twins? I do not
>have a history of twins but I am 37 years old. Thanks

HCG doubles itself every 48 hours,that level might be high,check the tables that indicate the levels with the corrosponding days&have an ultrasound examination.

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