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Community perceptions on causes of high dizygotic twinning rate in Igbo-Ora, South-west Nigeria: A qualitative study

BACKGROUND: Dizygotic (DZ, non-identical) twinning rates vary widely across different regions in the world. With a DZ twinning rate of 45 per 1000 live births, Igbo-Ora Community in South-west Nigeria has the highest dizygotic (DZ) twinning rate in the world. Although several postulations exist on t...

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Autores principales:	Omonkhua, Akhere A., Okonofua, Friday E., Ntoimo, Lorretta F. C., Aruomaren, Austin I., Adebayo, Ayodeji M., Nwuba, Roseangela
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2020
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7714157/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33270723 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243169

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