Genetic associations between frozen shoulder and tennis elbow: A female twin study

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 739-742

  Hakim, Alan J ^a   Cherkas, L F ^a   Spector, T D ^a   MacGregor, A J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frozen shoulder; Genetic epidemiology; Tendonitis; Tennis elbow; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTRATION; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; TENNIS ELBOW; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; AGED; BURSITIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RISK; SHOULDER; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; BURSITIS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER JOINT; TENNIS ELBOW; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0141504420     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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