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dizygotic twin
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dizygotic twin

In medicine, one of a pair of twins born to the same parents at the same time following the fertilization of two separate ova. They may be of different sexes and they are no more likely to resemble each other than any other sibling pair.



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In that population of identical and fraternal twins, 447 individuals had CFS and another 1,120 reported disabling fatigue without four of the other symptoms.
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