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Computerization of a Permanent Twin Register: a Basic Tool in Scientific Research*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

L. Gedda  and
M. Milani-Comparetti
L. Gedda
Affiliation:
The « Gregor Mendel » Institute of Medical Genetics and Twin Research, Rome
M. Milani-Comparetti
Affiliation:
The « Gregor Mendel » Institute of Medical Genetics and Twin Research, Rome

Summary

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The Authors report on the steps involved in the computerization (coding of data, card punching and tape recording) of a Twin Register initiated in 1942 and currently approaching 11,000 cases of multiple births.

The Register is permanent in that it involves continued updating of information and addition of new cases. It includes twins of any age, sex, zygosity and health condition.

The experience gained in the reported project can be usefully shared in wiew of international cooperation and standardization.

Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , September 1966 , pp. 333 - 344
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1966

Footnotes

*

Paper read at the Third International Congress of Human Genetics — Chicago, September 5-10, 1966. Supported by a grant from C.N.R. (Italian National Research Council).

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