Heritability of hand eczema is not explained by comorbidity with atopic dermatitis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1632-1640

  Lerbaek, Anne ^a   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^b   Mortensen, Jakob ^b   Bryld, Lars E ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a   Agner, Tove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; HAND ECZEMA; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; TWINS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DISEASES IN TWINS; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 34250630047     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700750     Document Type: Article

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