Heritability estimates for the constitutional levels of the collectins mannan-binding lectin and lung surfactant protein D. A study of unselected like-sexed mono- and dizygotic twins at the age of 6-9 years

Immunology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 389-394

  Husby, Steffen ^a   Herskind, Anne Maria ^a   Jensenius, Jens Christian ^c   Holmskov, Uffe ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNAN BINDING LECTIN; SURFACTANT PROTEIN D;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD;

BIOMETRY; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; COLLECTINS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN D; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0036306993     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2002.01436.x     Document Type: Article

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