The East Flanders Prospective Twin Survey (EFPTS)
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The East Flanders Prospective Twin Survey (EFPTS).
The East Flanders Prospective Twin Survey (EFPTS) is a registry of multiple births in the province of East-Flanders, Belgium. It 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 ascertained at birth; basic perinatal data are recorded; chorion type and zygosity are established; and s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Twin Research and Human Genetics
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1832-4274,1839-2628
DOI: 10.1375/twin.9.6.733