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SUBMITTER: Song H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7843130 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Song Huan H Fang Fang F Larsson Henrik H Pedersen Nancy L NL Magnusson Patrik Ke PK Almqvist Catarina C Valdimarsdóttir Unnur A UA
eLife 20210128
Twins suffering a co-twin loss at birth have reported feelings of loneliness and grief while it remains unexplored if they suffer increased risk of psychiatric disorders. We contrasted rate of first-onset psychiatric disorders among all Swedish-born twins whose co-twin died within 60 days after birth between 1973 and 2011 (n = 787) to that of 3935 matched unexposed twins, 3935 matched singletons (both matched to the exposed twins by birth year, sex, and birth characteristics), and 880 full sibli ...[more]