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Frontiers in Immunology, 2017 Inflammation is an important mediator of obesity-related complications such as the metabolic syndrome but its causes and mechanisms are unknown. As the complement system is a key mediator of inflammation, we studied whether it is activated in acquired ...
Sanna Kaye +23 more
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Variability in the heritability of body mass index: a systematic review and meta-regression
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2012 Evidence for a major role of genetic factors in the determination of body mass index (BMI) comes from studies of related individuals. However, heritability estimates for BMI vary widely between studies and the reasons for this remain unclear.
Cathy E Elks +7 more
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Improved definition of growing pains: A common familial primary pain disorder of early childhood
Paediatric & Neonatal Pain, 2022 Background Commonly applied diagnostic criteria for growing pains (GP) have evolved without determination by an authoritative representative body. GP and restless legs syndrome (RLS) share anatomical, distributional, temporal, and other clinical features
G. David Champion +7 more
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Brain Sciences, 2023 Background: The Italian National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità) funded a 30-month project (July 2021–January 2024) to conduct a twin study of the relationships between Positive Mental Health (PMH) and cellular longevity.
Francesca Marcon +11 more
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A Twin Study of Perthes Disease [PDF]
Pediatrics, 2016 BACKGROUND: Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) is an idiopathic avascular necrosis of the femoral head. Its etiology is poorly understood, although previous studies have implicated low birth weight and possible genetic determinants. The aim of this study was to identify potential birth weight and genetic associations
Stephanie van Dijck +6 more
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Nature of individual difference in liability to depression in Russian adolescents [PDF]
Psychology in Russia: State of Art, 2012 The Influence of genetic and environmental factors on liability to depression inRussian teenage sample was investigated. 196 twin pairs aged 13 to 17 (M=15,2)from Moscow, Izhevsk and Bishkek took part in the survey.
Sergey B. Malykh +2 more
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The having-been-ness and the being-in-the-world of twin survivors : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Nursing at Massey University [PDF]
, 1996 This study uses Heideggerian interpretive phenomenology to examine the experience of being a twin, then being a twin survivor in the world. Heidegger's terminology is selectively used to shape the interpretation of the twins' narratives.
Glen, Jenny
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M67-1194, an unusually Sun-like solar twin in M67 [PDF]
, 2010 The rich open cluster M67 is known to have a chemical composition close to solar, and an age around 4Gyr. It thus offers the opportunity to check our understanding of the physics and the evolution of solar-type stars in a cluster environment.
A. Korn +53 more
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A study of twins and stroke. [PDF]
Stroke, 1992 Although there are strong genetic contributions to coronary artery disease, only a few studies have considered heritable influences on stroke. We investigated the role of genetic factors in stroke using the Twin Registry maintained by the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council. The registry includes 15,948 male twin pairs born
C. Robinette +3 more
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Heritability of pain catastrophizing and associations with experimental pain outcomes: a twin study [PDF]
, 2015 This study used a twin paradigm to examine genetic and environmental contributions to pain catastrophizing and the observed association between pain Catastrophizing and cold-pressor task (CPT) outcomes. Male and female monozygotic (n = 206) and dizygotic
Afari +54 more
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