Atherosclerosis
Volume 191, Issue 1 , Pages 40-47 , March 2007

Variance decomposition of apolipoproteins and lipids in Danish twins

  • Mogens Fenger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University Hospital of Copenhagen, KBA339, Kettegaard Alle 30, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45 36322373, fax: +45 36750977.
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  • Karoline Schousboe

      Affiliations

    • The Danish Twin Registry, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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  • Thorkild I.A. Sørensen

      Affiliations

    • The Danish Epidemiology Centre, Institute of Preventive Medicine, Centre for Health and Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • ,
  • Kirsten O. Kyvik

      Affiliations

    • The Danish Twin Registry, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Received 3 January 2006 ,Revised 25 April 2006 ,Accepted 25 April 2006.

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Atherosclerosis
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