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(Circulation. 1959;20:327.)
© 1959 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Congenital Cardiovascular Anomalies in Twins

LUCILLE J. ROSS M.D.¹

¹ From the Bureau for Handicapped Children, the City of New York Department of Health, N. Y.

An attempt was made to derive information about the types of mechanisms that can produce congenital cardiovascular anomalies from a study of twins. The presence or absence of a cardiovascular malformation in the twins and in their siblings, and the zygosity of each twin pair were determined.