Evidence of Genetic Predisposition to Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Psychosis: Twin Concordances for Alcoholism and Its Biological End Points by Zygosity among Male Veterans

Hrubec, Zdenek; S. Omenn, Gilbert

doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.1981.tb04890.x

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Evidence of Genetic Predisposition to Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Psychosis: Twin Concordances for Alcoholism and Its Biological End Points by Zygosity among Male Veterans

Published in Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research • Mar 1, 1981

Authors:

Zdenek Hrubec

Gilbert S. Omenn

Abstract

Medical histories of the 15,924 male twin pairs in the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council Twin Registry were examined to determine, within pairs, concordances for alcoholism and its medical end points. Prevalences per 1,000 among individual twin subjects were 29.6 for alcoholism,...

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Concordance

Zygosity

Twin study

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