Models for the longitudinal genetic analysis of same-age twins: Application to HDL cholesterol

Twin Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-8

  Nance, W E ^a   Bodurtha, J ^a   Eaves, L J ^a   Hewitt, J ^c   Maes, H ^a   Segrest, J ^b   Meyer, J ^d   Neale, M ^a   Schicken, R ^a  

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

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Development; HDL; Multivariate; Twins

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; TWINS;

EID: 0032057059     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.1.1.3     Document Type: Article

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