Article
Twin studies in metabolic diseases.
Annals of medicine - 1 Oct 1992
Koskenvuo M, Kaprio J, Romanov K
Abstract excerpt
The traditional role of twin studies has been to assess the relative role of genetic factors as a first step in defining the genetic architecture of complex traits. This has been based on the realization that monozygotic pairs (MZ) share all their genes, while dizygotic pairs (DZ) share 50% of th...
Topics
- Cohort Studies
- Coronary Disease
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Diseases in Twins
- Environment
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Male
- Metabolic Diseases
- Middle Aged
- Prospective Studies
- Smoking
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Twins, Dizygotic