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Fetus -in -fetu in a 6-month-old

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2008
Fetus-in-fetu is a malformed parasitic monozygotic diamniotic twin found inside the body of the living child or adult. We report a case of lumbar mass having superficial rudimentary phallus, labioscrotal fold, testes, pedunculated thumb-like digit and ...
Abdur-Rahman L, Abdul-Kadir A, Rahman A
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Potentially modifiable blood triglyceride levels by the control of conventional risk factors

open access: yesLipids in Health and Disease, 2019
Backgrounds Triglyceride (TG) is known to be regulated by multiple lifestyle factors rather than genetic factors. This cross-sectional and community-based study (Healthy Twin study in Korea) aimed to estimate the “modifiable TG level” by identifying non ...
Bumjo Oh, Joohon Sung, Sohyun Chun
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Amniotic band syndrome (Case report)

open access: yesمجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان, 2000
Amniotic band syndrome is a collection of congenital abnormalities caused by early amnion rupture. It occurs in approximately 1:1200 to 1:15000 live births.
E. Khoury (M.Sc)   +2 more
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Genome-wide analysis in northern Chinese twins identifies twelve new susceptibility loci for pulmonary function

open access: yesBMC Genomics
Background Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have established association between genetic variants and pulmonary function across various ethnics, whereas such associations are scarcely reported in Chinese adults.
Tong Wang   +4 more
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Association of cardiometabolic multimorbidity with risk of late-life depression: a nationwide twin study

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry
Background Cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) including heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes have been individually linked to depression. However, their combined impact on depression risk is unclear.
Wenzhe Yang   +6 more
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Dizygotic Twins Concordant for Gastroschisis [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2023
Maureen C Okonkwo, Jillian Coolen
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Discordance in monozygotic Parkinson's disease twins – continuum or dichotomy?

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 2019
Differences in concordance rates between monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs with Parkinson's disease (PD) have been used to estimate genetic influences in PD pathogenesis.
Alexander Balck   +6 more
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Dizygotic twinning, birth weight and latitude

open access: yesAnnals of Human Biology, 1985
In Europe and the USA, both mean birth weight and age-standardized dizygotic twinning rates correlate positively and significantly with latitude. It seems possible that these two sorts of correlation have explanations in common via pituitary action.
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