The purpose of this study was to examine the roles of genetic and environmental factors in the etiology of epilepsy and seizures in twins ascertained from the Virginia Twin Registry. Health history information on twins was collected by questionnaire. Concordance rates were calculated and used to est
Genetics of tension-type headache: A population based twin study
✍ Scribed by Michael Bjørn Russell; Niels Levi; Jaakko Kaprio
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 144B
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4841
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