The East Flanders Prospective Twin Survey (EFPTS): An actual perception

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-63

  Derom, Catherine ^a   Thiery, Evert ^b   Peeters, Hilde ^a   Vlietinck, Robert ^a   Defoort, Paul ^b   Frijns, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ART; chorionicity; multiple births; population based; prospective study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHORION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS;

EID: 84873903535     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.75     Document Type: Article

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