The Osaka University Aged Twin Registry: Epigenetics and identical twins discordant for aging-dependent diseases

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 808-810

  Hayakawa, Kazuo ^a   Kato, Kenji ^b   Onoi, Miyuki ^a   Yang Ping, Cai ^a   Kanamori, Masao ^c   Doi, Syuichi ^d   Hayashi, Chisato ^a   Kikuchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Nishihara, Reiko ^a   Kadota, Kensuke ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Biwako Seikei Sport College   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DISEASES IN TWINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33846233784     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706779462471     Document Type: Article

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