Heritability and risk factors of uterine fibroids - The Finnish Twin Cohort Study

Maturitas

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-26

  Luoto, Riitta ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b   Rutanen, Eeva Marja ^c   Taipale, Pekka ^c   Perola, Markus ^d   Koskenvuo, Markku ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Epidemiology; Fibroids; Reproductive factors; Twin study; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HERITABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PARITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TWIN CONCORDANCE; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034735947     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(00)00160-2     Document Type: Article

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