Indisputable double paternity in dizygous twins

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1159-1161

  Girela, Eloy ^a   Rodrigo, Maria D ^a   Lorente, Jose A ^a   Lorente, Miguel ^a   Alvarez, J Carlos ^a   Villanueva, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA; Paternity; Superfecundation; Superfetation; Twins

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP DUFFY SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATERNITY TEST; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SERUM GROUP PI SYSTEM;

EID: 0031005037     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)81456-2     Document Type: Article

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