Twinning rate trend in a population sample from the city of São Paulo, Brazil

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-248

  Colletto, Gloria M D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dizygotic twinning rate; Gestational age; Gestational order; Maternal age; Monozygotic twinning rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILDBIRTH; DELIVERY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL AGE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0142211138     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572003000300005     Document Type: Article

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