The Influence of genetic and environmental factors on the etiology of the human umbilical cord: The east flanders prospective twin survey

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-143

  Antoniou, Evangelia E ^a   Derom, Catherine ^b   Thiery, Evert ^c   Fowler, Tom ^a,d   Southwood, Taunton R ^a,e   Zeegers, Maurice P ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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

^d Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chorionicity; Genetics; Intrauterine environment; Placenta; Twins; Umbilical cord; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC MODEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MIDWIFE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 79960135409     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.088807     Document Type: Article

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