Hypothesis: comparisons of inter- and intra-individual variations can substitute for twin studies in drug research.

doi:10.1097/00008571-199808000-00001

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Hypothesis: comparisons of inter- and intra-individual variations can substitute for twin studies in drug research.

Pharmacogenetics - 1 Aug 1998

Kalow W, Tang B K, Endrenyi L

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Twin studies are useful devices to determine the heritability of persistent but variable characteristics that tend to differ among individuals. Drug responses are not persistent affairs; they are temporary characteristics. One therefore may ask whether twin studies are necessary to assess the gen...

Topics

Genetic Variation
Humans
Models, Genetic
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Twin Studies as Topic

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