The East Flanders Prospective Twin Survey (EFPTS) : 55 years later
The East Flanders Prospective Twin Survey (EFPTS) is a registry of multiple births in the province of East Flanders, Belgium. Since its start in 1964, over 10,000 twin-pairs have been registered. EFPTS has several unique features: it is population-based and prospective, with the possibility of long-term follow-up; the twins (and higher order multiple births) are recruited at birth; basic perinatal data are recorded; chorion type and zygosity are established; since 1969, placental biopsies have been taken and frozen at -20 degrees C for future research. Since its origin, the EFPTS has included... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journalarticle |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
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Cambridge Univ Press
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Schlagwörter: | Medicine and Health Sciences / BIRTH-WEIGHT / GESTATIONAL-AGE / MONOZYGOTIC TWINS / X-INACTIVATION / INTELLIGENCE / ENVIRONMENT / TRENDS / GROWTH / LENGTH / Chorionicity / multiple births / ART / early-life environment / air / pollution / stress |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26697585 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8679442 |