The inheritance of migraine with aura estimated by means of structural equation modelling

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-227

  Ulrich, Vibeke ^a   Gervil, Morten ^a   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^b   Olesen, Jes ^a   Russell, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Inheritance; Migraine with aura; Structural equation modelling; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MODEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 0033022635     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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