Congenital heart disease in a population of dizygotic twins: An echocardiographic study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 293-296

  Caputo, Salvatore ^a,b   Russo, Maria Giovanna ^a   Capozzi, Giovanbattista ^a   Morelli, Carmela ^a   Argiento, Paola ^a   Di Salvo, Giovanni ^a   Sarubbi, Berardo ^a   Santoro, Giuseppe ^a   Pacileo, Giuseppe ^a   Calabrò, Raffaele ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Dizygotic twins; Familial recurrence

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PARENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAMPLE SIZE; SIBLING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TWIN CONCORDANCE;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 20744440533     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.05.018     Document Type: Article

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