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Genetic Susceptibility to Acute Rheumatic Fever: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Twin Studies
BACKGROUND: Acute rheumatic fever is considered to be a heritable condition, but the magnitude of the genetic effect is unknown. The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of twin studies of concordance of acute rheumatic fever in order to derive quantitative es...
Autores principales: | Engel, Mark E., Stander, Raphaella, Vogel, Jonathan, Adeyemo, Adebowale A., Mayosi, Bongani M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3184125/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21980428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025326 |
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