European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 141, Issue 2 , Pages 119-122 , December 2008

Paternal age and twinning in the Jerusalem Perinatal Study

  • K. Kleinhaus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, NY, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, Millhauser Labs, Room HN323, New York, NY 10016-6481, United States. Tel.: +1 212 263 6216; fax: +1 212 263 5717.
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  • M.C. Perrin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, NY, United States
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  • O. Manor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, NY, United States
    • ,
  • Y. Friedlander

      Affiliations

    • Hebrew University-Hadassah Braun School of Public Health and Social Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • R. Calderon-Margalit

      Affiliations

    • Hebrew University-Hadassah Braun School of Public Health and Social Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • S. Harlap

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, NY, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY, United States
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  • D. Malaspina

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, NY, United States

Received 1 November 2007 ,Revised 28 June 2008 ,Accepted 23 July 2008.

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☆ Supported by NIH Grants: # 2R01 CA080971 (S. Harlap) and # 1R01 MH059114 (D. Malaspina) and the NARSADs (DM, SH, MP).

PII: S0301-2115(08)00303-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2008.07.026

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 141, Issue 2 , Pages 119-122 , December 2008

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