Characterizing the quantitative genetic contribution to rheumatoid arthritis using data from twins

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-37

  MacGregor, Alexander J ^a   Snieder, Harold ^a   Rigby, Alan S ^b   Koskenvuo, Markku ^c   Kaprio, Jaakko ^d   Aho, Kimmo ^e   Silman, Alan J ^f  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWIN ZYGOSITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 0034121235     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200001)43:1<30::AID-ANR5>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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