The heritability of otitis media: A twin and triplet study

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 2125-2130

  Casselbrant, Margaretha L ^a,b   Mandel, Ellen M ^a,b   Fall, Patricia A ^b   Rockette, Howard E ^c   Kurs Lasky, Marcia ^c   Bluestone, Charles D ^a,b   Ferrell, Robert E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOSITY;

EID: 0033536991     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.22.2125     Document Type: Article

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