Epigenetics of discordant monozygotic twins: Implications for disease

Genome Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Castillo Fernandez, Juan E ^a   Spector, Tim D ^a   Bell, Jordana T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

EID: 84905976486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13073-014-0060-z     Document Type: Review

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