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Dizygotic twins

MedGen UID:
67400
Concept ID:
C0220761
Finding
Synonym: TWINNING, DIZYGOTIC
 
OMIM®: 276400

Definition

The development of two genetically distinct EMBRYOS in a single UTERUS at the same time, from two separate OVA fertilized by two separate SPERMATOZOA. [from MeSH]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

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Twin Res Hum Genet 2021 Jun;24(3):184-186. Epub 2021 Jun 15 doi: 10.1017/thg.2021.20. PMID: 34127172
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Diagnosis

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Therapy

Madrid-Valero JJ, Rubio-Aparicio M, Gregory AM, Sánchez-Meca J, Ordoñana JR
Sleep Med Rev 2021 Aug;58:101437. Epub 2021 Jan 21 doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101437. PMID: 33556853
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Prognosis

Ding X, Wang W, Scheetz J, He M
Twin Res Hum Genet 2019 Dec;22(6):492-498. doi: 10.1017/thg.2019.118. PMID: 32014069
Nilsen T, Brandt I, Harris JR
Twin Res Hum Genet 2019 Dec;22(6):647-650. Epub 2019 Sep 10 doi: 10.1017/thg.2019.59. PMID: 31500688
Mucci LA, Hjelmborg JB, Harris JR, Czene K, Havelick DJ, Scheike T, Graff RE, Holst K, Möller S, Unger RH, McIntosh C, Nuttall E, Brandt I, Penney KL, Hartman M, Kraft P, Parmigiani G, Christensen K, Koskenvuo M, Holm NV, Heikkilä K, Pukkala E, Skytthe A, Adami HO, Kaprio J; Nordic Twin Study of Cancer (NorTwinCan) Collaboration
JAMA 2016 Jan 5;315(1):68-76. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.17703. PMID: 26746459Free PMC Article
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Clinical prediction guides

Zeng Y, Suo C, Yao S, Lu D, Larsson H, D'Onofrio BM, Lichtenstein P, Fang F, Valdimarsdóttir UA, Song H
Am J Psychiatry 2023 Apr 1;180(4):294-304. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20220364. PMID: 37002690
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Recent systematic reviews

Trombetta G, Fabbro D, Demori E, Driul L, Damante G, Xodo S
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2022 Jul 14;22(1):564. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-04866-x. PMID: 35836143Free PMC Article
Pfeifer LS, Schmitz J, Papadatou-Pastou M, Peterburs J, Paracchini S, Ocklenburg S
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Sleep Med Rev 2021 Aug;58:101437. Epub 2021 Jan 21 doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101437. PMID: 33556853
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