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The Twinning Incidence in Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

P.P.S. Nylander
P.P.S. Nylander*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

Abstract

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The dizygotic twinning rate in Western Nigeria is the highest on record (45—50 per mil maternities). It is suggested that, rather than to peculiarities in the population structure or to genetic factors, such a high incidence might be due to the presence in the diet of estrogen-like substances.

Keywords

Twinning ratesFSH levelDietary factorsNigeria
Type
Session I: Incidence and Factors of Twinning
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , October 1979 , pp. 261 - 263
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1979

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