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[What can twin research reveal about the causes of diseases?].
Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke - 20 Sept 1999
Magnus P, Harris J R, Nystad W, Tambs K
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The purpose of this paper is to describe the place of twin studies in etiological research on somatic diseases, using asthma as an example. Twin studies provide answers to the relative importance of genes and environment in the development of disease, but have been criticised for systematic biases especially linked to unusual conditions in twin pregnancies. For asthma, classical twin studies show that genes...
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