Genetic contribution to cartilage volume in women: A classical twin study

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1495-1500

  Hunter, David J ^a,b   Snieder, Harold ^c,d   March, Lyn ^a   Sambrook, Philip N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cartilage volume; Genetics; MRI; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CARTILAGE; CHONDROPATHY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; GENDER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; TWINS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REFERENCE VALUES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0344237255     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg400     Document Type: Article

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