Genetic and environmental causes of variation in basal levels of blood cells

Twin Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 250-257

  Evans, David M ^a   Frazer, Ian H ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

CD4+ CD8+ ratio; Erythrocytes; Genetic analyses; Heritability; Immune system; Lymphocytes; T cells; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX LIMITATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TWINS;

EID: 0033374163     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.2.4.250     Document Type: Article

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