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Heritability of sleep architecture based on home polysomnography
Summary We aimed to establish the heritability of polysomnography measures through the analysis of home polysomnography recordings from 648 participants in the Baependi Heart Study, a rural, family‐based, genetically admixed cohort based in the southeast of Brazil.
Mario Leocadio‐Miguel+7 more
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Despite the high power of discrimination that characterizes the well identified 16 to 24 autosomal short tandem repeat markers, monozygotic twins differentiation is generally limited.
Paula Romanos, Jamilah Borjac
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“Identical” double parathyroid adenomas in monozygotic twins
A number of genes have been associated with sporadic causes of primary hyperparathyroidism. A case of primary hyperparathyroidism secondary to simultaneously presenting double parathyroid adenomas with identical distribution in a set of 48-year-old ...
F. Jeffrey Lorenz
doaj
Does early life health predict schooling within twin pairs? [PDF]
A large number of studies in labor economics estimate the returns to schooling using data on monozygotic twins, under the assumption that educational attainment is random within twin pairs. This exogeneity assumption has been commonly questioned, however,
Lundborg, Petter+2 more
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Monozygotic Twinning in Mice [PDF]
Wallace, M E, Williams, D A
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Social media use, online experiences, and loneliness among young adults: A cohort study
This study investigated associations between digital technology use and loneliness in an online survey of 1632 young adults in the UK. Total time spent online was associated with greater loneliness; however, use of social media specifically was not. Problematic technology use and experiences of victimization online were also associated with greater ...
Timothy Matthews+7 more
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Predicting brain age with deep learning from raw imaging data results in a reliable and heritable biomarker [PDF]
Machine learning analysis of neuroimaging data can accurately predict chronological age in healthy people and deviations from healthy brain ageing have been associated with cognitive impairment and disease. Here we sought to further establish the credentials of "brain-predicted age" as a biomarker of individual differences in the brain ageing process ...
arxiv
Teen Unions and Intimate Partner Violence in South America
Abstract Precocious exits from adolescence via early union formation are often argued to represent a strong risk factor for intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization. However, causal evidence for this claim is scant. This study examines the impact of teen union formation (before age 18) on experiences of IPV in Brazil and Colombia, where early ...
ORSOLA TORRISI
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A Case of Sirenomelia Associated with Hypoplastic Left Heart with a Healthy Co-Twin: A Rare Entity
Sirenomelia is a rare developmental malformation and is incompatible to life. The incidence of sirenomelia, as recorded in the literature, is estimated to be approximately between 1.5 and 4.2 per 1,00,000 births.
Houda Nasser Al Yaqoubi+3 more
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Familial amyloid polyneuropathy TTR Cys 114 in monozygotic twin brothers (clinical case)
Transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) is a hereditary autosomal dominant disease. Its symptoms depend on polymorphisms of the transthyretin gene and include disorders of the peripheral nervous system and internal organs.
M. O. Kovalchuk, I. A. Strokov
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