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Health care supervision for twin pairs
Author(s) -
Samanich Joy
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of medical genetics part c: seminars in medical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.419
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1552-4876
pISSN - 1552-4868
DOI - 10.1002/ajmg.c.30207
Subject(s) - health care , twin study , medicine , family medicine , psychology , political science , genetics , heritability , law , biology
Twins are at increased risk for congenital anomalies and have particular health care needs, but twin management guidelines do not exist. This review attempts to integrate the latest research findings and evidence‐based medicine on twins into basic clinical recommendations for general pediatricians. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.