Genetic and environmental factors in febrile seizures: A Danish population-based twin study

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 167-177

  Kjeldsen, Marianne Juel ^a,b   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^b   Friis, Mogens Laue ^a   Christensen, Kaare ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biometric modeling; Febrile seizures; Genetics; Heritability; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0036752812     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(02)00121-3     Document Type: Article

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