Developmental and Fetal Origins of Differences in Monozygotic Twins: From Genetics to Environmental Factors

ISBN-13: 9780128200476 / Angielski

Alexandra Matias; Isaac Blickstein

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2. Biology of monozygotic twinning

3. Mechanisms of discordance in

monozygotic twins: why and when?

4. Monozygotic twins in history:

enlightenment by mythology and

ethnography

5. Genetics and epigenetics differences in

monozygotic twins: the vision of the

geneticist

6. Heterokaryotypic monozygotic twins

7. Differences in placentation in

monochorionic twin pregnancies

8. Differences in growth: selective

intrauterine growth restriction in

monochorionic twins

9. Hemoglobin differences at birth in

monochorionic twins

10. Differences in amniotic fluid in MZ

twins

11. Twin-reversed arterial perfusion

sequence: different identical twins

12. Major discordant anomalies in

monozygotic twins: management and

outcome

13. Congenital heart disease in

monozygotic twins

14. Spotting the differences in the

first trimester of pregnancy in MZ twins:

the issue of aneuploidies and TTTS

screening

15. Noninvasive prenatal screening in

twin pregnancies

16. A new way to look at multiples: the

power of image

17. Differences in monozygotic twins: the

implications of diet and intestinal

microbioma

18. Differences in development in

monozygotic twins

19. Monozygotic twins: a personal as

well as a criminal and jurisdictional

approach

20. Monozygotic twin differences in

perceived age

21. The environmental differences

between twins in utero and their

importance for downstream development: a

need for standardized monitoring in

obstetric research

22. Future perspectives