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The objective of this study was to evaluate the two-year neurologic outcomes of the eutrophic newborns from monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies who were complicated by selective intrauterine growth restriction, compared to newborns from uncomplicated MCDA pregnancies. Our hypothesis was to determine whether selective IUGR in these pregnancies was specifically associated with a risk of delayed psychomotor development at two years old. Methods: We conducted a retrospective\u2013prospective observational cohort study of children from pregnancies and deliveries which were monitored at Hospital Nord of Marseille between 2012 and 2021. The primary outcome measure was the comparison of the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) scores at the age of two years between the two groups. The secondary outcome measure was a composite score including the following: neonatal death, grade III or IV intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) at cerebral MRI or cranial ultrasound, periventricular leucomalacia (PVL) at brain MRI, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) of stages II or III. Results: A total of 57 eutrophic children were included in the group from monochorionic twin pregnancies complicated by selective IUGR and 270 children in the group from MCDA twin pregnancies with no complications. The composite morbidity and mortality criterion, including neonatal death, grade III or IV IVH, the presence of PVL, BPD, and\/or stage II or III NEC, was 11% in eutrophic newborns from the MCDA group with IUGR and 5% in the uncomplicated MCDA group, with no statistically significant difference (p = 0.18). The 2-year follow-up allowed for the comparison of a total of 38 eutrophic children from complicated pregnancies and 134 children from uncomplicated pregnancies. The median ASQ score at 24 months was 255 in the complicated pregnancy group and 240 in the uncomplicated pregnancy group, with no statistically significant difference (p = 0.27) after adjustment. 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