The relative influence of environment and genes in episodic tension-type headache

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2065-2069

  Ulrich, Vibeke ^a,b   Gervil, Morten ^a   Olesen, Jes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TENSION HEADACHE; TWINS;

EID: 2942534730     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000129498.50793.8A     Document Type: Article

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