Gastroesophageal reflux disease in monozygotic and dizygotic twins

Gastroenterology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-59

  Cameron, Alan J ^a   Lagergren, Jesper ^a,b   Henriksson, Christer ^a   Nyren, Olof ^a   Locke, G Richard ^c   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SWEDEN; TWIN CONCORDANCE;

EID: 0036140724     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/gast.2002.30301     Document Type: Article

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