The Cuban Twin Registry: Initial findings and perspectives

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 98-103

  Marcheco Teruel, Beatriz ^a   Cobas Ruiz, Marcia ^b   Cabrera Cruz, Niviola ^b   Lantigua Cruz, Araceli ^a   García Castillo, Elsa ^a   Lardoeyt Ferrer, Roberto ^a   Robaina Jiménez, Zoe ^a   Fuentes Smith, Evelyn ^a   Morales Calatayud, Francisco ^c   Lemus Valdés, María Teresa ^d   Portuondo Sao, Miriam ^b   Comas Pérez, Lenier ^e   Pérez Crispí, Juan M ^e   Díaz De Villal Villa, Thais ^f   Icart Perera, Emelia ^g   Jordán Hernández, Aida ^g   Lage Castellanos, Agustín ^f   Rabell Piera, Sergio ^b   Llibre Rodríguez, Juan De Jesús ^c   Valdés Sosa, Pedro ^f   Valdés Sosa, Mitchell ^f   more..

^a Centro Nacional de Genetica Medica   (Cuba)

^b MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^d National Medical Genetics Center   (Cuba)

^e Municipal Center of Medical Genetics   (Cuba)

^f Cuban Centre for Neuroscience   (Cuba)

^g Medical and Psychopedagogic Center   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Cuban Twin Registry; genetic registry; twin registries; twin studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ASTHMA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIRTH DEFECT; CHILD; CUBA; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CUBA; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873904541     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.135     Document Type: Review

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