Major role of genes in the etiology of simple goiter in females: A population-based twin study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3071-3075

  Brix, Thomas Heiberg ^a,b   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^b   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GOITER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

EID: 0033305611     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.84.9.3071     Document Type: Article

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