Genetic influences on premature parturition in an australian twin sample

Twin Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 80-82

  Treloar, Susan A ^a,d   Macones, George A ^b   Mitchell, Laura E ^c   Martin, Nicholas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetics; Pregnancy outcome; Preterm birth; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033916562     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.3.2.80     Document Type: Article

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