Diseases in Twins

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 'I'm gonna beat you!' SNap!: an observational paradigm for assessing young children's disruptive behaviour in competitive play. 
  • A Danish population-based twin study on general health in the elderly. 
  • A biometric latent curve analysis of memory decline in older men of the NAS-NRC twin registry. 
  • A correlated frailty model with long-term survivors for estimating the heritability of breast cancer. 
  • A discordant monozygotic twin design shows blunted cortisol reactivity among bullied children. 
  • A fetus with sirenomelia, omphalocele, and meningomyelocele, but normal kidneys. 
  • A prospective, randomized, multicenter trial of amnioreduction vs selective fetoscopic laser photocoagulation for the treatment of severe twin-twin transfusion syndrome. 
  • A registry of adult African American twins: the Carolina African American Twin Study of Aging. 
  • A replicated molecular genetic basis for subtyping antisocial behavior in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. 
  • A tooth per child? 
  • APOE and AD concordance in twin pairs as predictors of AD in first-degree relatives. 
  • Acardiac anomaly: review of the subject with case report and emphasis on practical sonography. 
  • Acardius anceps with evidence of intrauterine vascular occlusion: report of a case and discussion of the pathogenesis. 
  • Adolescents Who Self-Harm and Commit Violent Crime: Testing Early-Life Predictors of Dual Harm in a Longitudinal Cohort Study. 
  • Adult outcomes of childhood bullying victimization. 
  • Alzheimer's disease in the NAS-NRC registry of aging twin veterans. II. Longitudinal findings in a pilot series. National Academy of Sciences. National Research Council Registry. 
  • Alzheimer's disease in the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council Registry of Aging Twin Veterans. III. Detection of cases, longitudinal results, and observations on twin concordance. 
  • Alzheimer's disease in twins. 
  • Alzheimer's disease in twins. 
  • Associations between depression and anxiety symptoms and retinal vessel caliber in adolescents and young adults. 
  • Birth order, delivery route, and concordance in the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 from mothers to twins. International Registry of HIV-Exposed Twins. 
  • Bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis in twin sisters. 
  • Cancer and longevity--is there a trade-off? A study of cooccurrence in Danish twin pairs born 1900-1918. 
  • Cerebral infarction associated with Kearns-Sayre syndrome-related cardiomyopathy. 
  • Challenging the embryogenesis of cloacal exstrophy. 
  • Childhood trauma and children's emerging psychotic symptoms: A genetically sensitive longitudinal cohort study. 
  • Common mechanisms underlying refractive error identified in functional analysis of gene lists from genome-wide association study results in 2 European British cohorts. 
  • Concordance rates for cognitive impairment among older African American twins. 
  • Congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis in the monozygotic twin of a child with holoprosencephaly. 
  • Depression scale scores in 8-17-year-olds: effects of age and gender. 
  • Development of bullous pemphigoid after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Report of a case. 
  • Discordant organ laterality in monozygotic twins with primary ciliary dyskinesia. 
  • Duke Twins Study of Memory in Aging in the NAS-NRC Twin Registry. 
  • Etiological features of borderline personality related characteristics in a birth cohort of 12-year-old children. 
  • Etiology of Pervasive Versus Situational Antisocial Behaviors: A Multi-Informant Longitudinal Cohort Study. 
  • Evidence against transmission of human T-lymphotropic virus/lymphadenopathy-associated virus (HTLV-III/LAV) in families of children with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. 
  • Examination of factors that influence the expansion of the fragile X mutation in a sample of conceptuses from known carrier females. 
  • Familial influence and childhood trauma in female alcoholism. 
  • Families promote emotional and behavioural resilience to bullying: evidence of an environmental effect. 
  • Fetal brain development of twins assessed in utero by ultrasound: implications for schizophrenia. 
  • Fetoscopic treatment for discordant twins. 
  • Genes, environments, and developmental research: methods for a multi-site study of early substance abuse. 
  • Group 2A idiopathic juxtafoveolar retinal telangiectasia in monozygotic twins. 
  • Hair loss among elderly men: etiology and impact on perceived age. 
  • Hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia in infant antenatally exposed to steroids. 
  • Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: two distinct ENG deletions in one family. 
  • Hereditary influences on cognitive functioning in older men. A study of 4000 twin pairs. 
  • Heritability of antisocial behaviour at 9: do callous-unemotional traits matter? 
  • Heritability of arthritis in African American twins: findings from the Carolina African American Twins Study of Aging. 
  • Heritability of death from respiratory diseases: an analysis of Danish twin survival data using a correlated frailty model. 
  • Heritability of respiratory infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis. 
  • Hyaline membrane disease in twin B following prolonged rupture of membranes for twin A. 
  • Identical-twin small-bowel transplant for desmoid tumour. 
  • Immunologic chimerism as evidence of bone marrow graft acceptance in an identical twin with acute lymphocytic leukemia. 
  • Implications of extending the ADHD age-of-onset criterion to age 12: results from a prospectively studied birth cohort. 
  • Individual, family, and neighborhood factors distinguish resilient from non-resilient maltreated children: a cumulative stressors model. 
  • Informant disagreement for separation anxiety disorder. 
  • Inverse association of anti-inflammatory treatments and Alzheimer's disease: initial results of a co-twin control study. 
  • Is the rate of congenital heart defects detected by fetal echocardiography among pregnancies conceived by in vitro fertilization really increased?: a case-historical control study. 
  • Leukemia in twins. 
  • Leukocyte counts and colonization with Ureaplasma urealyticum in preterm neonates. 
  • Living alongside more affluent neighbors predicts greater involvement in antisocial behavior among low-income boys. 
  • Lower cognitive performance in normal older adult male twins carrying the apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele. 
  • Lymphopenic immunologic deficiency in identical twins: lymphocyte allografting and graft-versus-host disease following treatment with albumin-gradient-separated paternal bone marrow cells. 
  • Major genetic susceptibility for venous thromboembolism in men: a study of Danish twins. 
  • Marrow transplantation for malignant plasma cell disorders: summary of the Seattle experience. 
  • Maternal depression in the intergenerational transmission of childhood maltreatment and its sequelae: Testing postpartum effects in a longitudinal birth cohort. 
  • Maternal expressed emotion predicts children's antisocial behavior problems: using monozygotic-twin differences to identify environmental effects on behavioral development. 
  • Medical mystery--the answer revealed. 
  • Membrane receptors and in vitro responsiveness of lymphocytes in human immunodeficiency. 
  • Midlife activity predicts risk of dementia in older male twin pairs. 
  • Mortality among twins after age 6: fetal origins hypothesis versus twin method. 
  • Nature X nurture: genetic vulnerabilities interact with physical maltreatment to promote conduct problems. 
  • Neighborhood deprivation affects children's mental health: environmental risks identified in a genetic design. 
  • Nephrolithiasis in identical twins: the impact of nature vs nurture. 
  • New chromosome 11p15 epigenotypes identified in male monozygotic twins with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. 
  • Pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy. Discordant expression in monozygotic twins. 
  • Prediction of heterogeneity in intelligence and adult prognosis by genetic polymorphisms in the dopamine system among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: evidence from 2 birth cohorts. 
  • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for genetic prion disorder due to F198S mutation in the PRNP gene. 
  • Prenatal adverse environment is associated with epigenetic age deceleration at birth and hypomethylation at the hypoxia-responsive EP300 gene. 
  • Prenatal diagnosis of renal agenesis in a twin gestation. 
  • Prenatal smoking and early childhood conduct problems: testing genetic and environmental explanations of the association. 
  • Presymptomatic and prenatal diagnosis in myotonic dystrophy by genetic linkage studies. 
  • Prevalence of congenital heart defects in monochorionic/diamniotic twin gestations: a systematic literature review. 
  • Psychiatric outcomes of bullying victimization: a study of discordant monozygotic twins. 
  • Revisiting the association between reading achievement and antisocial behavior: new evidence of an environmental explanation from a twin study. 
  • Separation of Thoraco-Omphalo-Ischiopagus Conjoined Twins: Surgical Planning, Management, and Outcomes. 
  • Serotonin transporter gene moderates the development of emotional problems among children following bullying victimization. 
  • Smoking, Alzheimer's disease, and confounding with genes. 
  • Spontaneous resolution of a cystic neck mass in a fetus with normal karyotype. 
  • The Danish Twin Registry in the new millennium. 
  • The Danish Twin Registry: 127 birth cohorts of twins. 
  • The Danish Twin Registry: linking surveys, national registers, and biological information. 
  • The Origins of Cognitive Deficits in Victimized Children: Implications for Neuroscientists and Clinicians. 
  • The heritability of breast cancer: a Bayesian correlated frailty model applied to Swedish twins data. 
  • The protective effects of neighborhood collective efficacy on British children growing up in deprivation: a developmental analysis. 
  • The relationship between retinal arteriolar and venular calibers is genetically mediated, and each is associated with risk of cardiovascular disease. 
  • The study of nevi in British twins: study design and description of the data set. 
  • Twin studies of psychopathology: why do the concordance rates vary? 
  • Twins eye study in Tasmania (TEST): rationale and methodology to recruit and examine twins. 
  • Twins with implanted pacemakers: Is there an increased mortality risk for the co-twin? A follow-up study based on the Danish Twin Registry and the Danish Pacemaker Register. 
  • Use of twin cohorts for research in Alzheimer's disease. 
  • Validity of DSM-IV conduct disorder in 41/2-5-year-old children: a longitudinal epidemiological study. 
  • Vertical transmission of Citrobacter diversus from mother to infant. 
  • What are the clinical implications? 
  • What difference does the dependence between durations make? Insights for population studies of aging. 
  • What effect does classroom separation have on twins' behavior, progress at school, and reading abilities? 
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  Keywords of People

  • Dodge, Kenneth A., William McDougall Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies, Duke Science & Society
  • Preminger, Glenn Michael, James F. Glenn, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Urology, Surgery