Insulin-like growth factor-I comparisons in healthy twin children.

doi:10.1210/jcem.78.2.8106617

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Insulin-like growth factor-I comparisons in healthy twin children.

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Feb 1994

Kao P C, Matheny A P, Lang C A

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Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) levels in plasma were measured in healthy twin children. The within-pair correlation for 43 monozygotic pairs was r = 0.91 (P < or = 0.0001), an association significantly higher than that for same sex dizygotic pairs (r = 0.40; P < or = 0.06). The high correla...

Topics

Aging
Biomarkers
Body Height
Child
Child, Preschool
Family Health
Female
Humans
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
Male
Phenotype
Twins, Dizygotic
Twins, Monozygotic

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