Does zygosity influence the metabolic profile of twins? A population based cross sectional study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7203, 1999, Pages 151-154

  Poulsen, Pernille ^a   Vaag, Allan ^b   Beck Nielsen, Henning ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOSITY; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TWINS;

AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0033578176     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7203.151     Document Type: Article

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