Birth size and gestational age in opposite-sex twins as compared to same-sex twins: An individual-based pooled analysis of 21 cohorts

It is well established that boys are born heavier and longer than girls, but it remains unclear whether birth size in twins is affected by the sex of their co-twin. We conducted an individual-based pooled analysis of 21 twin cohorts in 15 countries derived from the COllaborative project of Developme...

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Autores principales: Jelenkovic, Aline, Sund, Reijo, Yokoyama, Yoshie, Hur, Yoon-Mi, Ullemar, Vilhelmina, Almqvist, Catarina, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Willemsen, Gonneke, Bartels, Meike, Beijsterveldt, Catharina EM van, Bogl, Leonie H., Pietiläinen, Kirsi H, Vuoksimaa, Eero, Ji, Fuling, Ning, Feng, Pang, Zengchang, Nelson, Tracy L, Whitfield, Keith E., Rebato, Esther, Llewellyn, Clare H., Fisher, Abigail, Bayasgalan, Gombojav, Narandalai, Danshiitsoodol, Bjerregaard-Andersen, Morten, Beck-Nielsen, Henning, Sodemann, Morten, Tarnoki, Adam D., Tarnoki, David L., Ooki, Syuichi, Stazi, Maria A., Fagnani, Corrado, Brescianini, Sonia, Dubois, Lise, Boivin, Michel, Brendgen, Mara, Dionne, Ginette, Vitaro, Frank, Cutler, Tessa L, Hopper, John L., Krueger, Robert F., McGue, Matt, Pahlen, Shandell, Craig, Jeffrey M., Saffery, Richard, Haworth, Claire MA, Plomin, Robert, Knafo-Noam, Ariel, Mankuta, David, Abramson, Lior, Burt, S Alexandra, Klump, Kelly L., Vlietinck, Robert F., Derom, Catherine A., Loos, Ruth JF, Boomsma, Dorret I., Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., Kaprio, Jaakko, Silventoinen, Karri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5908858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29674730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24634-2

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