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Longevity defined as top 10% survivors and beyond is transmitted as a quantitative genetic trait

Nature Communications, 2019
While human lifespan is only moderately heritable, “getting old” runs in families. Here, van den Berg et al. study mortality data from three-generation cohorts to define a threshold for longevity and find that individuals have an increasing survival ...
Niels van den Berg, Mar Rodríguez-Girondo, Ingrid K. van Dijk, Rick J. Mourits, Kees Mandemakers, Angelique A. P. O. Janssens, Marian Beekman, Ken R. Smith, P. Eline Slagboom   +8 more
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Familial Breast Cancer: Disease Related Gene Mutations and Screening Strategies for Chinese Population

Frontiers in Oncology, 2021
BackgroundAbout 5%–10% of the breast cancer cases have a hereditary background, and this subset is referred to as familial breast cancer (FBC). In this review, we summarize the susceptibility genes and genetic syndromes associated with FBC and discuss ...
Lu Shen, Shizhen Zhang, Kaiyue Wang, Xiaochen Wang   +3 more
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‘From Your Ever Anxious and Loving Father’: Faith, Fatherhood, and Masculinity in One Man’s Letters to His Son during the First World War

Genealogy, 2020
In the early months of 1916, Charles Robb a retired shipping clerk in the East End of London, England, wrote a series of letters to his 19-year-old son Arthur, an army private awaiting embarkation to the Western Front.
Martin Robb
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Pituitary tumors and the risk of other malignancies: is the relationship coincidental or causal?

Endocrine Oncology, 2023
Pituitary adenomas are benign neoplasms of the pituitary. The most prevalent are prolactinomas and non-functioning pituitary adenomas, followed by growth hormone-and ACTH-secreting adenomas.
Sandra Pekic, Marko Stojanovic, Vera Popovic   +2 more
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Persons in Context. A Model to Represent Observations and Reconstructions of Historical Persons in Linked Data

Historical Life Course Studies
Reconstruction of historical persons and family ties is the bread and butter of many researchers and genealogists. With the increasing digital availability of historical person records, the scope and depth of person reconstructions speaks to the ...
Pieter E. Woltjer, Ivo Zandhuis, Bob Coret, Mark Lindeman, Jeroen D. Balkenende, Richard L. Zijdeman, Rick J. Mourits   +6 more
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Family and Households in History

American Journal of Islam and Society, 2004
From March 18-20, 2004, the American University in Cairo (AUC) hosted its annual history seminar entitled “Family and Households in History.” Dr. Nelly Hanna, chair of the Arab Studies department, welcomed the participants and audience and explained that
Sherry Gad Elrab
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Ginkgophytopsis Høeg 1967 emend., a reclassification of enigmatic cuneate leaves of the Euramerican Upper Carboniferous

Acta Palaeobotanica
In Upper Carboniferous Euramerican floras, the generic affinities of enigmatic, cuneate to flabellate “Ginkgo-like” leaves remain poorly understood. The species Cordaites grandifolius (USA), Noeggerathia flabellata (U.K.) and Ginkgophyllum delvalii
Mason M.Z. Pratt, Michael P. Donovan, William A. DiMichele, Hans Kerp   +3 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
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Acculturation of Islam and the Sinamot Tradition: Marriage Dynamics of the Angkola Batak Community 1980-2023

IBDA': Jurnal Kebudayaan Islam
Islamisation in the Indonesian archipelago has been ongoing for centuries. Islam emerged as an influential force in the history of the archipelago.
Padlan Padil Simamora, Nurul Hak, Dinda Difia Madina, Ahmad Rezy Meidina, Mega Puspita, Anwar Zein   +5 more
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Rate of Heart Failure Following Atrial Fibrillation According to Presence of Family History of Dilated Cardiomyopathy or Heart Failure: A Nationwide Study

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background It is poorly understood why some patients with atrial fibrillation develop heart failure (HF) and others do not. We examined the rate of developing HF in patients with atrial fibrillation with and without first‐degree family members with HF or
Magnus N. Ebbesen, Maria D’Souza, Charlotte Andersson, Jawad H. Butt, Christian Madelaire, Tor Biering‐Sorensen, Morten Lock‐Hansen, Soren Lund Kristensen, Gunnar Gislason, Lars Kober, Christian Torp‐Pedersen, Morten Schou   +11 more
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