Genetic and environmental contributions to abdominal aortic aneurysm development in a twin population

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-7

  Wahlgren, Carl Magnus ^a   Larsson, Emma ^a   Magnusson, Patrik K E ^b   Hultgren, Rebecka ^a   Swedenborg, Jesper ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS LINKING; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SWEDEN; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; ODDS RATIO; PEDIGREE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 72549087148     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.08.036     Document Type: Article

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