Genetic pleiotropy between asthma and obesity in a community-based sample of twins

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1235-1241

  Hallstrand, Teal S ^a   Fischer, Mary E ^c   Wurfel, Mark M ^a   Afari, Niloofar ^a,b   Buchwald, Dedra ^a   Goldberg, Jack ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Vietnam Era Twin Registry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Genetic; Obesity; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; COMMUNITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OBESITY; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 28444434469     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.09.016     Document Type: Article

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