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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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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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HLA Haplotypes in Dizygotic Twin Pairs: Are Dizygotic Twins More Similar Than Sibs? [PDF]
AbstractIt has been suggested that dizygotic twin pairs share two HLA haplotypes more often than ordinary siblings and thus might be genetically more alike. We tested this hypothesis in dizygotic twin pairs from the Danish Twin Registry. A total of 114 (60 female and 54 male) same-sexed healthy twin pairs aged 18–45 years participated.
Titlestad, Ingrid Louise +3 more
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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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A dohányzási szokásokat befolyásoló környezeti tényezők egy- és kétpetéjű ikrek körében [PDF]
Introduction: Smoking habits are influenced by environmental (family, friends) and psychologic factors. Aim: To investigate environmental factors which influence the smoking habits of monozygotic and dizygotic twins.
Bakkne Nagy M, +2 more
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VALIDATION OF ZYGOSITY ASSESSMENT BY A SELF-REPORT QUESTIONNAIRE IN A SAMPLE OF ADULT SERBIAN TWINS
Validation of a twin zygosity-estimating questionnaire, The Questionnaire of Twins’ Physical Resemblance, created by Oniszczenko et al. and used in European and Serbian twin studies, was carried out on a sample of 222 pairs (176 monozygotic, 46 dizygotic)
Petar Čolović +2 more
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Comparison of epidemiologic factors and eye manifestations of twin children with controls
Purpose The present study was aimed to compare the epidemiological and ocular findings of twin children in comparison with non- twin age matched individuals as their control.
Zhale Rajavi +6 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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Effect of Genetic and Environmental Factors on the Impaction of Lower Third Molars
The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the impact of genetic and environmental factors on the impaction of lower third molars using a classical twin study by evaluation of the third molar eruption space and M3 angulation.
Giedrė Trakinienė +4 more
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Twins are two independent babies delivered during the same pregnancy and are divided as monozygotic or dizygotic based on their origin. Dizygotic twins are similar to two siblings and have different genetic information.
K. V. S. Hari Kumar, K D Modi
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