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The idealization of twins in Voodoo and in the Cameroon contrasts sharply with scientific facts.
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Piontelli, A. (2008). The Big Shock. In: Twins in the World. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230615533_5
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