Genetics and developmental pathology of twinning

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 313-318

  Weber, Martin A ^a   Sebire, Neil J ^a,b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Conjoined twins; Perinatal mortality; TRAP sequence; Twin pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONJOINED TWINS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRAP SEQUENCE; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; TWINS, CONJOINED; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 77957794664     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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