Genetic influences on osteoarthritis in women: A twin study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7036, 1996, Pages 940-944

  Spector, Tim D ^a   Cicuttini, Flavia ^a   Baker, Juliet ^a   Loughlin, John ^b   Hart, Deborah ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAND; HEREDITY; HUMAN; KNEE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0029925223     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7036.940     Document Type: Article

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