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Genetic and environmental influences on symptomatic gallstone disease: a Swedish study of 43,141 twin pairs.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 May 2005
Katsika Despina, Grjibovski Andrej, Einarsson Curt, Lammert Frank, Lichtenstein Paul, Marschall Hanns-Ulrich
Abstract excerpt
The contribution of hereditary and environmental factors to the pathogenesis of symptomatic gallstone disease is still unclear. We estimated the relative importance of genetic and environmental factors by analyzing a large population of twins. For this purpose, the Swedish Twin Registry was linked with the Swedish inpatient-discharge and causes of death registries for symptomatic gallstone disease and gallstone...
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