Preferential transmission of type 1 diabetes from parents to offspring: Fact or artifact?

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 323-334

  Guo, Sun Wei ^a   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ascertainment bias; Birth order effect; Epidemiology; Fecundity; Genetics; Misclassification; Preferential transmission; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; PARENT; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FATHERS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036857129     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.10183     Document Type: Article

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