The frequency and clinical significance of twin gestations according to zygosity and chorionicity

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 609-619

  Lee, Kyung A ^a   Oh, Kyung Joon ^a   Lee, Seung Mi ^a   Kim, Ahm ^b   Jun, Jong Kwan ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chorionicity; DNA analysis; Placenta; Twin; Zygosity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TWIN PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; CHORION; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; DNA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ZYGOTE;

EID: 78650206351     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.13.6.609     Document Type: Article

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