Article
Iatrogenic influences on the heritability of childhood tonsillectomy: cohort differences in twin concordance.
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae - 1 Jan 1991
Martin N G, Kehren U, Battistutta D, Mathews J D
Abstract excerpt
In 1980-82, a mailed questionnaire was completed by 3,810 pairs of adult twins enrolled on the Australian NH&MRC Twin Register. Twins were asked whether they had had their tonsils out and, if so, at what age. The sample was divided into four birth cohorts of approximately equal size, and only chi...
Topics
- Australia
- Child
- Cohort Studies
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Practice Patterns, Physicians'
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Tonsillectomy
- Tonsillitis
- Twins, Dizygotic
- Twins, Monozygotic