A comparison of genetic and environmental variance structures for asthma, hay fever and eczema with symptoms of the same diseases: a study of Norwegian twins | Zendy

Wenche Nystad | Zendy; Espen Røysamb | Zendy; Per Magnus | Zendy; Kristian Tambs | Zendy; Jennifer R. Harris | Zendy

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A comparison of genetic and environmental variance structures for asthma, hay fever and eczema with symptoms of the same diseases: a study of Norwegian twins

Author(s) -

Wenche Nystad,

Espen Røysamb,

Per Magnus,

Kristian Tambs,

Jennifer R. Harris

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyi061

Subject(s) - hay fever , asthma , twin study , norwegian , wheeze , gene–environment interaction , genetic variation , medicine , atopy , heritability , explained variation , disease , demography , genotype , biology , immunology , genetics , environmental health , population , statistics , linguistics , philosophy , sociology , gene , mathematics

We compared patterns of genetic and environmental influences on variation in liability for asthma, hay fever and eczema with those for symptoms of the same diseases, and determined how common sets of genes and environmental factors contribute to the relationship between diseases and symptoms among Norwegian twins.

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