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Genetic associations between frozen shoulder and tennis elbow: a female twin study.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Jun 2003
Hakim A J, Cherkas L F, Spector T D, MacGregor A J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the heritability of frozen shoulder (FS) and tennis elbow (TE) and to examine the two disorders for possible genetic or environmental associations. METHODS: Self-reporting questionnaire data on risk factors for, and a physician diagnosis of, FS or TE were obtained from 865 monozygotic (MZ) and 963 dizygotic (DZ) unselected female twin pairs aged between 20 and 76 yr registered with the St...
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