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Gastritis Stages in Monozygotic and Dizygotic Dyspeptic Twins
Background. The progression of Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis towards atrophic gastritis is modulated by host-related and environmental factors.
Mindaugas Urba+7 more
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Handedness in twins: meta-analyses
Background In the general population, 10.6% of people favor their left hand over the right for motor tasks. Previous research suggests higher prevalence of atypical (left-, mixed-, or non-right-) handedness in (i) twins compared to singletons, and in (ii)
Lena Sophie Pfeifer+5 more
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Inheritance in Human Dizygotic Twinning [PDF]
THIS paper is concerned with the question of whether the father plays any part in the occurrence of twins among his children.
White, Colin, Wyshak, Grace
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Molar incisor hypomineralisation: current knowledge and practice
Background Molar incisor hypomineralisation (MIH) is a common developmental dental condition that presents in childhood. Areas of poorly formed enamel affect one or more first permanent molars and can cause opacities on the anterior teeth. MIH presents a variety of challenges for the dental team as well as functional and social impacts for affected ...
Helen D. Rodd+4 more
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Risk of psychiatric disorders among the surviving twins after a co-twin loss
Losing a co-twin by death is a severely stressful event yet with unknown impact on the surviving twin’s risk of psychiatric disorders. We identified all Swedish-born twins who lost a co-twin by death between 1973 and 2013 (n = 4,528), their 4939 non-twin
Huan Song+6 more
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Discordant phenotypes in twins with infantile nystagmus
Infantile nystagmus (IN) may result from aetiologies including albinism and FRMD7 mutations. IN has low prevalence, and twins with IN are rare. Whilst discordant presentation has been previously reported for IN, we present for the first time the ...
Abdullah Aamir+12 more
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Epigenetic discrimination of Lebanese monozygotic and dizygotic twins: Summarized notes in a single paper [PDF]
Monozygotic twins’ differentiation is worldwide limited due to the fact that they share the same genotype. For forensic purposes, many studies involving monozygotic twins were accomplished.
Paula Romanos, Jamilah Borjac
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Twinning rate trend in a population sample from the city of São Paulo, Brazil
A retrospective study was carried out on a sample consisting of 89,491 deliveries occurred from 1979 through 1998, in the city of São Paulo, SP, Brazil. These deliveries included 935 twin and 26 triplet births. The mean incidence per 1,000 deliveries was
Gloria M.D.D. Colletto
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Novel BEST1 mutation in autosomal recessive bestrophinopathy in Japanese siblings
PURPOSE: Autosomal recessive bestrophinopathy (ARB) is a disease that results from the mutations in the BEST1 gene. It is characterized by multifocal yellowish lipofuscin deposits, cystoid macular edema, and subretinal fluid.
Rika Yamada+4 more
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A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins
The human distal gut harbours a vast ensemble of microbes (the microbiota) that provide important metabolic capabilities, including the ability to extract energy from otherwise indigestible dietary polysaccharides.
P. Turnbaugh+14 more
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