X chromosome inactivation pattern is not associated with interindividual variations in thyroid volume: A study of euthyroid Danish female twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 502-506

  Brix, Thomas Heiberg ^a   Hansen, Pia Skov ^a,b   Bennedbæk, Finn Noe ^a   Bonnema, Steen Joop ^a   Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^b   Ørstavik, Karen Helene ^c,d   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Thyroid volume; Twins; X chromosome inactivation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EPIGENETICS; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; THYROID WEIGHT; TWINS; ULTRASOUND; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; ZYGOSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; THYROID GLAND; X CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GOITER; HUMANS; THYROID GLAND; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 74949133080     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.5.502     Document Type: Article

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