Understanding coronary artery disease using twin studies

Heart

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 373-375

  Mangino, Massimo ^a   Spector, Tim ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FAMILY STUDY; FERTILIZATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART INFARCTION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASES IN TWINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84874116092     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-303001     Document Type: Review

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