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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Retinopathy of Prematurity
Mediators of Inflammation, 2015 Objective. The goals were to isolate and study the genetic susceptibility to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), as well as the gene-environment interaction established in this disease. Methods.
J. M. Ortega-Molina +8 more
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Resistance to thyrotropin: familial case report
Клиническая и экспериментальная тиреоидология, 2016 Two female dizygotic twins with subclinical primary hypothyroidism due to homozygous p.R450H mutation in TSHR gene are presented. A 5-year follow-up in both cases showed no progression of thyroid dysfunction.
Mariya Aleksandrovna Osipovskaya +4 more
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Socioeconomic Status and Sickness Absence - What do twins tell us about causality? [PDF]
The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate causal effects between socioeconomic status and absence from the workplace due to sickness. To be able to conclude that income causally affects health it is important to control for both reverse ...
Nilsson, William
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Nature Communications, 2018 Zika virus (ZIKV) infection can cause congenital Zika syndrome (CZS), but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, the authors generate neural progenitor cells from dizygotic twins with a discordant phenotype regarding CZS and study their ...
Luiz Carlos Caires-Júnior +41 more
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Psychological Topics, 2017 The aim of this study is to simplify the issue of the concept of heritability, to give an introduction to the behavioral genetic theory and methods, as well as to give an overview of the current knowledge about heritability of personality and the ...
Denis Bratko +2 more
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Sickness Absence and the Effects of Having a Spouse - Can twins reveal the selection effect? [PDF]
Individuals that are married are often found to be healthier than singles. A crucial issue is to distinguish if this is due to a selection effect or due to a true protective effect of partnership. The purpose of this study is to distinguish these effects
Nilsson, william
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Dizygotic Twins Concordant for Gastroschisis [PDF]
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2023 Maureen C Okonkwo, Jillian Coolen
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Discordant HIV-1 infection in dizygotic twins: Case report and review of literature
International Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2003 First-born twins are at a four-fold risk of acquiring HIV infection if delivered by caesarean section. A female second twin delivered by caesarean section presented at the age of 14 months with features of HIV/AIDS.
Ifeoma J Emodi
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Journal of Pregnancy, 2011 In a large set of twin pairs, we compared twins born after IVF to naturally conceived twins with respect to birth characteristics, growth, attainment of motor milestones, and emotional and behavioral problems.
Catharina E. M. van Beijsterveldt +2 more
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Dizygotic twinning, birth weight and latitude
Annals 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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