Univariate genetic analyses of epilepsy and seizures in a population- based twin study: The Virginia twin registry

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-49

  Miller, Libbie L ^a,b   Pellock, John M ^a   DeLorenzo, Robert J ^a   Meyer, Joanne M ^a   Corey, Linda A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Genetic; Seizures; Twin studies; Univariate analyses

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; REGISTER; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; STATISTICS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0031882602     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1998)15:1<33::AID-GEPI3>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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