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iMetaOmics, EarlyView.MicrobTiSDA is a user‐friendly and flexible R package specifically designed for longitudinal microbiome data analysis. By integrating process‐oriented functional modules—including data input, data preprocessing, interspecies interaction inference, natural spline regression modeling, temporal pattern clustering, and random forest classification ...
Shijia Li +5 more
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Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2018 Trisomy 21, or Down syndrome (DS), is a genetic disorder affecting approximately 1 in 500–750 live births. The prevalence of DS has increased over the past two decades, correlating with a rise in the proportion of pregnancies complicated by advanced ...
Diamond Ling, Jonathan G Dayan
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A nation-wide twin study of social cognition in schizophrenia spectrum disorders
npj Schizophrenia, 2022 We examined social cognition in 32 monozygotic (MZ) and 21 dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs concordant or discordant for a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis and healthy control (HC) twin pairs (29 MZ/20 DZ).
Cecilie K. Lemvigh +2 more
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JCPP Advances, EarlyView.This study found that genetic factors largely influence crying duration and settle ability in infancy, while shared environmental factors primarily affect the number of night wakeups. Etiological influences tended to change from 2 to 5 months, reflecting a highly plastic period in infant brain development and in child‐environment interactions. Abstract
Charlotte Viktorsson +5 more
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Twinning and birth defects: Rachipegal heteropagal twins and acardiac twins
Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2020 Twin pregnancies are associated with multiple birth defects. The increase in twinning was attributed to fertility treatments. Twins were supposed to be associated with increased risk of congenital malformations.
Padmavathi Devi Chaganti +3 more
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Fathering of dizygotic twins and risk of prostate cancer: nationwide, population-based case-control study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 BACKGROUND: An association between male fertility and risk of prostate cancer has been suggested, possibly through lower androgen levels in subfertile men.
Sara Wirén +4 more
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JCPP Advances, EarlyView.Abstract Background The cumulative effect of early medical events has been shown to be associated with autism. It is unclear whether this effect is specific to autism or if it is associated to other neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs) as well. Methods We established a registry‐linked population‐based twin cohort of 10,254 pairs within the child and ...
Torkel Carlsson +4 more
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Hemophilia A: An Ideal Disease for Prenatal Therapy
Prenatal Diagnosis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Hemophilia A (HA) is the most common inherited coagulation defect. Current state‐of‐the‐art treatment consists of frequent administration of prophylactic infusions of coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) protein or bispecific antibodies that replace the cofactor function of FVIIIa to maintain hemostasis. However, these treatments are far from ideal,
Christopher D. Porada +2 more
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Andrology, EarlyView.Abstract Couple infertility is a very ancient medical condition. One of the first descriptions of familial infertility/subfertility is contained in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, written in the 10th century BC and reporting tales from the oral tradition even occurred about 800 years earlier.
Manuela Simoni +2 more
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Infection control in the brain and the eye
Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.Abstract The Central Nervous System (CNS), comprising the brain and the eye, is considered to have a ‘privileged’ mechanism for dealing with immunological challenge (immune privilege, IP). CNS IP has been revealed through experiments using foreign protein antigens and cell and tissue alloantigens (grafts), but evidence for a role for IP in modulating ...
John V. Forrester +2 more
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