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VOLUME 14 , ISSUE 2 ( March-April, 2013 ) > List of Articles

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Heritability of Thirty Cephalometric Parameters on Monozygotic and Dizygotic Twins: Twin Study Method

T Praveen Kumar Reddy, B Sunil Kumar, Gojja Sreedevi, Baratam Srinivas, CMS Krishna Prasad, R Satish

Citation Information : Reddy TP, Kumar BS, Sreedevi G, Srinivas B, Prasad CK, Satish R. Heritability of Thirty Cephalometric Parameters on Monozygotic and Dizygotic Twins: Twin Study Method. J Contemp Dent Pract 2013; 14 (2):304-311.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10024-1318

Published Online: 01-08-2013

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2013; The Author(s).


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Sreedevi G, Srinivas B, Reddy TPK, Prasad CMSK, Kumar BS, Satish R. Heritability of Thirty Cephalometric Parameters on Monozygotic and Dizygotic Twins: Twin Study Method. J Contemp Dent Pract 2013; 14(2):304-311.


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