Glucose and insulin metabolism in twins: Influence of zygosity and birth weight

Twin Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 350-355

  Poulsen, Pernille ^a,b   Vaag, Allan ^a,b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; INSULIN METABOLISM; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TWIN ZYGOSITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN; MALE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0035716444     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/1369052012515     Document Type: Review

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