Familial twinning and fertility in Dutch mothers of twins

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 3147-3156

  Hoekstra, Chantal ^a   Willemsen, Gonneke ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, Toos C E M ^a   Montgomery, Grant W ^b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Familial twinning; Fertility; Iatrogenic twins; Spontaneous DZ twinning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NETHERLANDS; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

FAMILY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; NETHERLANDS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SIBLINGS; TIME FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 57149113953     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32585     Document Type: Article

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