The Netherlands twin register biobank: A resource for genetic epidemiological studies

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-245

  Willemsen, Gonneke ^a   De Geus, Eco J C ^a   Bartels, Meike ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, C E M Toos ^a   Brooks, Andy I ^b   Estourgie van Burk, G Frederique ^a   Fugman, Douglas A ^b   Hoekstra, Chantal ^a   Hottenga, Jouke Jan ^a   Kluft, Kees ^c,d   Meijer, Piet ^c,d   Montgomery, Grant W ^e   Rizzu, Patrizia ^f   Sondervan, David ^f   Smit, August B ^a   Spijker, Sabine ^a   Suchiman, H Eka D ^g   Tischfield, Jay A ^b   Lehner, Thomas ^h   Slagboom, P Eline ^g   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a   more..

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d Good Biomarker Sciences   (Netherlands)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; GWAS; Mental health; Physical health; RNA

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; FIBRINOGEN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BASOPHIL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY COMPOSITION; CELL LINE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DNA ISOLATION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIFESTYLE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL HEALTH; MONOCYTE; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS TWIN REGISTER BIOBANK; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REGISTER; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; REGISTRIES; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 77953719116     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.13.3.231     Document Type: Article

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