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6429992
TITLE
Gonadotropin levels in mothers who have had two sets of DZ twins.
ABSTRACT
Serum gonadotropin, estradiol, prolactin and alpha-1-antitrypsin levels were measured in the first four days of the menstrual cycle in 14 women who were cycling normally. FSH, and to a lesser extent LH levels, were significantly higher in a group of 8 women who had at least one set of DZ twins (6 of whom had 2 sets) than in a control group of 6 women with no DZ twins. Estradiol levels also tended to be higher in mothers of twins but there were no significant differences in prolactin or alpha-1-antitrypsin concentrations. There were no differences between the means of the two groups in age, height, weight or number of pregnancies.
DATE PUBLISHED
1984
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
pubmed 1984/01/01
medline 1984/01/01 00:01
entrez 1984/01/01 00:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Martin NG Martin N G NG
El Beaini JL El Beaini J L JL
Olsen ME Olsen M E ME
Bhatnagar AS Bhatnagar A S AS
Macourt D Macourt D D
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 33
ISSUE: 1
TITLE: Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae
ISOABBREVIATION: Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma)
YEAR: 1984
MONTH:
DAY:
MEDLINEDATE:
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CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 0001-5660
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma)
COUNTRY: Italy
ISSNLINKING: 0001-5660
NLMUNIQUEID: 0370314
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Adult
Estradiol blood
Female blood
Follicle Stimulating Hormone blood
Follicular Phase blood
Gonadotropins blood
Humans blood
Luteinizing Hormone blood
Mothers blood
Pregnancy blood
Prolactin blood
Twins blood
Twins, Dizygotic blood
alpha 1-Antitrypsin blood
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
REGISTRYNUMBER NAMEOFSUBSTANCE
0 Gonadotropins
0 alpha 1-Antitrypsin
4TI98Z838E Estradiol
9002-62-4 Prolactin
9002-67-9 Luteinizing Hormone
9002-68-0 Follicle Stimulating Hormone
OTHER ID's