The effect of birth weight on clottable and intact fibrinogen levels: a twin study.

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Several studies in singletons have found an association between low birth weight and increased plasma concentrations of clotting factors in adult life. Twins provide an opportunity to assess the possible contribution of genetic factors to this association. Forty-four monozygotic and 60 dizygotic same-sex twin pairs aged 19-50 years and 78 singleton controls matched for age, gestational age, gender, maternal age...

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