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Gender differences in like-sex middle-aged twins: an extended network analysis of depressive symptoms, cognitive functions and leisure activities [PDF]
European PsychiatryBackground Depression affects twice as many women as men. Risk factors for depression certainly impact this difference, but their strong interconnectedness challenges the assessment of standalone contributions.
Daiyan Zhang, Maria Semkovska
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Monozygotic twins discordant for juvenile dermatomyositis: clinical, serological and gene expression studies [PDF]
Pediatric Rheumatology Online JournalBackground Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare pediatric autoimmune disease involving a combination of environmental and genetic susceptibility factors.
Lauren M. Pachman +6 more
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Examining the Utility of the Mammalian Methylation Array for Pan-Mammalian Analysis of Monozygotic Twinning [PDF]
EpigenomesBackground/Objectives: Human identical twins are born at a rate of 3–4 per 1000 live births. Many other mammals also occasionally produce monozygotic twins, referred to as sporadic polyembryony. The underlying mechanisms are unknown.
Jenny van Dongen +2 more
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Epigenetic discrimination of Lebanese monozygotic and dizygotic twins: Summarized notes in a single paper [PDF]
International Research Journal of Science, Technology, Education, and Management, 2021 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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The Impact of Environmental and Genetic Factors on Bone Quality in Monozygotic and Dizygotic Twins
Biomedicines, 2022 The purpose of the research was to assess the genetic and environmental influences on bone properties. One hundred thirty-two pairs of twins (99/33 monozygotic/dizygotic) underwent anthropometric measurements and phalangeal quantitative ultrasound (DBM ...
Elżbieta Tabor +4 more
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The Surviving Monozygotic Twin [PDF]
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 1986 It has been suggested that because of vascular interchange between the monozygous twins vascular disruptions from a deceased cotwin with disseminated intravascular coagulation causes embolisation in the surviving twin. This study reports six cases in which all the surviving monozygous twins had central nervous system infarcts and three had multiple ...
H. Preston, V. Y. H. Yu, W. Szymonowicz
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Вісник проблем біології і медицини, 2022 Diseases of periodontal tissues, as well as caries, are a common problem among patients. The reason for the development of periodontal lesions is a complex interaction between environmental factors (level of oral hygiene, nutrition, place of living, bad ...
Bilinskyi O. Ya., Kostenko E. Ya.
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Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery Open, 2023 Background Composite tissue allotransplants are performed for various defects when local, or distant reconstructive options are limited. Though this type of transplant replaces similar tissue, it is complicated by immunosuppression.
Cemile Nurdan Ozturk +4 more
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Discordant phenotypes in twins with infantile nystagmus
Scientific Reports, 2021 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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Gastritis Stages in Monozygotic and Dizygotic Dyspeptic Twins
Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2020 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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