Word: kerenyi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...extremely delicate procedure, which had been successfully carried out only once before, in Sweden in 1978, was performed a year ago by a team led by Dr. Thomas Kerenyi at Manhattan's Mount Sinai Medical Center. The attempt was made in the 20th week of pregnancy, when the fetus weighs about 10 oz. and is about 10 in. long. A series of pictures taken during the earlier ultrasound scanning helped locate the abnormal twin, though not with certainty; Kerenyi put his chances at "much better than 50-50." Doctors then used sound waves to pinpoint the tiny beating heart...
...pregnancy continued uneventfully. "The mother looked forward to the birth as a delightful event, and the other aspect didn't bother her," Kerenyi said. Fortnightly ultrasound scans showed the aborted fetus withering away while the live twin grew. Twenty weeks after the abortion, the woman went into labor. She delivered the dead fetus, by this time a paper-thin collection of cells, and a healthy...
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