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INTERRELATIONSHIPS suggested by various workers among thyroid function, twinning and chromosomal abnormalities1–4 have prompted this study of thyroid disease in mothers of twins.
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DE GEORGE, F. Maternal Thyroid Disease and Twinning. Nature 228, 681 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228681a0
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