Feeling of cold hands and feet is a highly heritable phenotype

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-169

  Hur, Yoon Mi ^a   Chae, Jeong Ho ^b   Chung, Ki Wha ^c   Kim, Jung Jin ^b   Jeong, Hoe Uk ^a   Kim, Jong Woo ^d   Seo, Sung Yum ^c   Kim, Kyung Soo ^b  

^a Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Kongju National University   (South Korea)

^d Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

environment; genetics; Keywords cold hands and feet; Raynaud's Phenomenon; twin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEELING OF COLD HANDS AND FEET; FOOT DISEASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84871866946     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.15.2.166     Document Type: Article

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