Dizygotic twinning as a measure of human fertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-98

  Tong, Stephen ^a   Short, Roger V ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dizygotic twins; Fertility; Monozygotic twins; Twinning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031884552     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.1.95     Document Type: Article

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