Twins
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Cardiovascular diseases and risk of hip fracture.

19 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Recent studies indicate common etiologies for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and osteoporotic fractures. OBJECTIVES: To examine the relation between CVD and risk of hip fracture in twins and evaluate the relative importance of genetics and ... Read more...

Heritability of spinal pain and consequences of spinal pain: a comprehensive genetic epidemiologic analysis using a population-based sample of 15,328 twins ages 20-71 years.

13 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To assess the relative contribution of genetic and environmental factors to different definitions of spinal pain and consequences of spinal pain. METHODS: The Danish Twin Registry contains detailed survey information on spinal pain and ... Read more...

[Foetal reduction--a retrospective survey]

19 Sep 2009 INTRODUCTION: Foetal reduction is a procedure by which one or more foetuses in a multi-foetal pregnancy are terminated selectively by an intracardial injection of potassium chloride. There is no Danish study regarding the outcomes after this ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Twins'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Cardiovascular diseases and risk of hip fracture. 19 Oct 2009
• Heritability of spinal pain and consequences of spinal pain: a comprehensive genetic epidemiologic analysis using a population-based sample of 15,328 twins ages 20-71 years. 13 Oct 2009
• Torture and attachment: conscience and the analyst's world-seeing eye. 29 Sep 2009
• [Foetal reduction--a retrospective survey] 19 Sep 2009
• A developmental twin study of church attendance and alcohol and nicotine consumption: a model for analyzing the changing impact of genes and environment. 13 Sep 2009
• Factor structure of the Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale for studies of youths with externalizing behavior problems. 30 Aug 2009
• Heritability of childhood weight gain from birth and risk markers for adult metabolic disease in prepubertal twins. 30 Aug 2009
• The role of occupational complexity in trajectories of cognitive aging before and after retirement. 30 Aug 2009
• Loop electrosurgical excision of the cervix and risk for spontaneous preterm delivery in twin pregnancies. 30 Aug 2009
• Progesterone does not prevent preterm births in women with twins. 30 Aug 2009
• A functional null mutation of SCN1B in a patient with Dravet syndrome. 24 Aug 2009
• Neonatal C-reactive protein value in prediction of outcome of preterm premature rupture of membranes: comparison of singleton and twin pregnancies. 30 Jul 2009
• Evaluation of D-dimer during pregnancy. 30 Jul 2009
• Strategies used by parents of twins to obtain sleep. 30 Jul 2009
• Twins studies as a model for studies on the interaction between smoking and genetic factors in the development of chronic bronchitis. 30 Jul 2009
• Cecal volvulus in a multiple-gestation pregnancy. 30 Jul 2009
• Major depression and coronary artery disease in the Swedish twin registry: phenotypic, genetic, and environmental sources of comorbidity. 30 Jul 2009
• Do genetic factors explain the association between poor oral health and cardiovascular disease? A prospective study among Swedish twins. 29 Jul 2009
• [Kissing and embracing, inherited ethological activity patterns and their depiction in fine arts] 10 Jul 2009
• Cervical assessment by ultrasound for preventing preterm delivery. 6 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Twins'

Definition: Two individuals derived from two FETUSES that were fertilized at or about the same time, developed in the UTERUS simultaneously, and born to the same mother. Twins are either monozygotic (TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC) or dizygotic (TWINS, DIZYGOTIC).

Descriptor UI: D014427

Alternative terms: Twins; Twin;

Related Mesh Headings: Diseases in Twins;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; drug effects; ethnology; genetics; immunology; metabolism; physiology; psychology; radiation effects; urine; ethics;

Tree Number: G08.686.710.847; G08.686.785.760.769.525.847; M01.438.873;

Technical Notes: IM humans only; if pertinent, NIM for animals not usually giving birth to twins; relation to PREGNANCY: Manual 28.16.4, 34.14; TWINNING, MONOZYGOTIC is also available