Shared rearing environment in migraine: Results from twins reared apart and twins reared together

Headache

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-244

  Svensson, Dan A ^a   Larsson, Bo ^b   Waldenlind, Elisabet ^c   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Family; Genes; Migraine; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REARING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; TWINS;

EID: 0037345789     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2003.03047.x     Document Type: Article

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