A brief history of twins

Lupus

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 61-64

  Block, S R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRALAZINE; PROCAINAMIDE;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA SEQUENCE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETICS; HISTORY; LUPUS LIKE SYNDROME; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS;

DISEASES IN TWINS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 33644746325     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0961203306lu2263ed     Document Type: Editorial

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