The East Flanders Prospective Twin Survey (EFPTS)

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 733-738

  Derom, Catherine A ^a,c   Vlietinck, Robert F ^a   Thiery, Evert W ^b   Leroy, Fernand O G ^b   Fryns, Jean Pierre ^a   Derom, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Association for Scientific Research in Multiple Births   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; REVIEW; TWIN PREGNANCY; ZYGOSITY; ZYGOTE;

BELGIUM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33846259108     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706779462723     Document Type: Review

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