Heritability of serum TSH, free T4 and free T3 concentrations: A study of a large UK twin cohort

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 652-659

  Panicker, V ^a,b   Wilson, S G ^a,e   Spector, T D ^c   Brown, S J ^a   Falchi, M ^c   Richards, J B ^c   Surdulescu, G L ^c   Lim, E M ^a,d   Fletcher, S J ^d   Walsh, J P ^a,e  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 40749123615     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.03079.x     Document Type: Article

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