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Published in Twin Res Hum Genet on October 22, 2012

Authors

Alireza Moayyeri1, Christopher J Hammond, Deborah J Hart, Timothy D Spector

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.

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