Effects of chorionicity and zygosity on triplet birth weight

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-157

  Lamb, Diane J ^a   Vink, Jacqueline M ^a   Middeldorp, Christel M ^a,b,c   Van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E M ^a   Haak, Monique C ^d   Overbeek, Lucy I H ^e   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Foundation PALGA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

birth weight; birth weight discordance; chorionicity; Keywordstriplet; zygosity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TRIPLET; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84871869894     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.15.2.149     Document Type: Article

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