Concordance of inflammatory bowel disease among Danish twins: Results of a nationwide study

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1075-1081

  Orholm, M ^a   Binder, V ^a   Sorensen, T I A ^a   Rasmussen, L P ^a   Kyvik, K O ^a  

^a Elsinore Hospital   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Concordance rate; Crohn disease; Twin register; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROHN DISEASE; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWIN DISCORDANCE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0033773642     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655200451207     Document Type: Article

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