No evidence of sex differences in heritability of irritable bowel syndrome in Swedish twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-203

  Svedberg, Pia ^a   Johansson, Saga ^b,c   Wallander, Mari Ann ^b,e   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 41949105995     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.11.2.197     Document Type: Article

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