The inheritance of factors associated with joint mobility

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 403-410

  Moura, Maria Manuela Da Fonseca ^a   Feitosa, Mary Furlan ^a   Laredo Filho, José ^b   Krieger, Henrique ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

herdability; joint mobility; path analysis; segregation analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARFAN SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029782993     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1996)13:4<403::AID-GEPI8>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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