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Environmental and Heritable Factors in the Causation of Cancer — Analyses of Cohorts of Twins from Sweden, Denmark, and Finland by Lichtenstein, Paul, Holm, Niels V, Verkasalo, Pia K, Iliadou, Anastasia, Kaprio, Jaakko, Koskenvuo, Markku, Pukkala, Eero, Skytthe, Axel, Hemminki, Kari

“…Except for certain types of familial cancer, such as adenomatous polyposis coli, the contribution of hereditary factors to the development of cancer is thought…”
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Biodemographic Trajectories of Longevity by Vaupel, James W., Carey, James R., Christensen, Kaare, Johnson, Thomas E., Yashin, Anatoli I., Holm, Niels V., Iachine, Ivan A., Kannisto, Väinö, Khazaeli, Aziz A., Liedo, Pablo, Longo, Valter D., Zeng, Yi, Manton, Kenneth G., Curtsinger, James W.

“…Old-age survival has increased substantially since 1950. Death rates decelerate with age for insects, worms, and yeast, as well as humans. This evidence of…”
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Abdominal wall defects in Denmark, 1970-89 by Bugge, M., Holm, N. V.

“…Summary In the last two to three decades, increasing rates of gastroschisis but not of omphalocele have been reported from different parts of the world. The…”
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Cancer risk after renal transplantation in the Nordic countries, 1964-1986 by Birkeland, S A, Storm, H H, Lamm, L U, Barlow, L, Blohmé, I, Forsberg, B, Eklund, B, Fjeldborg, O, Friedberg, M, Frödin, L

“…The theory that cancer may arise under conditions of reduced immune capacity is supported by observations of humans with immune deficiencies such as occur…”
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Genetic and environmental influences on functional abilities in Danish twins aged 75 years and older by Christensen, K, McGue, M, Yashin, A, Iachine, I, Holm, N V, Vaupel, J W

“…Functional abilities vary widely among elderly persons. The determinants of this variation are probably multiple and include normal aging processes as well as…”
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A population-based study of Graves' disease in Danish twins by Heiberg Brix, Thomas, Christensen, Kaare, Holm, Niels V., Harvald, Bent, Hegedüs, Laszlo

“…OBJECTIVE The aetiology of Graves' disease (GD) is generally thought to fit a multi‐factorial pattern of inheritance in which clinical disease develops on the…”
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Screening for carcinoma in situ in the contralateral testicle in patients with testicular cancer: a population-based study by Kier, M G G, Lauritsen, J, Almstrup, K, Mortensen, M S, Toft, B G, Rajpert-De Meyts, E, Skakkebaek, N E, Rørth, M, von der Maase, H, Agerbaek, M, Holm, N V, Andersen, K K, Dalton, S O, Johansen, C, Daugaard, G

“…Screening programmes for contralateral carcinoma in situ (CIS) testis in patients with unilateral germ-cell cancer (GCC) have never been evaluated. We…”
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Mortality among twins after age 6: fetal origins hypothesis versus twin method by Christensen, Kaare, Vaupel, James W, Holm, Niels V, Yashin, Anatoli I

“…Abstract Objective: To test the validity of the fetal origins hypothesis and the classic twin method. Design: Follow up study of pairs of same sex twins in…”
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Breast cancer risk in male twins: joint analyses of four twin cohorts in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and the United States by WHITEMAN, D. C, MURPHY, M. F. G, VERKASALO, P. K, PAGE, W. F, FLODERUS, B, SKYTTHE, A, HOLM, N. V

“…To test the hypothesis that in utero exposure to high levels of oestrogen increases the risk of male breast cancer, we followed 115 235 male twins for more…”
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The heritability of human longevity : a population-based study of 2872 Danish twin pairs born 1870-1900 by HERSKIND, A. M, MCGUE, M, HOLM, N. V, SORENSEN, T. I. A, HARVALD, B, VAUPEL, J. W

“…The aim of this study was to explore, in a large and non-censored twin cohort, the nature (i.e., additive versus non-additive) and magnitude (i.e.,…”
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Atopic dermatitis. A genetic-epidemiologic study in a population-based twin sample by Larsen, F S, Holm, N V, Henningsen, K

“…Atopic dermatitis is a multifactorial disease that seems both to rise in frequency and to be dependent on a genetic predisposition. In order to clarify these…”
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Cord blood immunoglobulin E in like-sexed monozygotic and dizygotic twins by Husby, S, Holm, N V, Christensen, K, Skov, R, Morling, N, Petersen, P H

“…Genetic and environmental factors have been implicated in the etiology of atopy and of serum IgE levels. In order to eliminate post-natal environmental…”
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Alzheimer's disease in twins by Christensen, K, Holm, N V, Vaupel, J W

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Papillary thyroid carcinoma in Danish patients with familial adenomatous polyposis by BULOW, S, HOLM, N. V, MELLEMGAARD, A

“…All patients from the nationwide Danish Polyposis Register have been followed up with regard to thyroid carcinoma. During the period 1943-1985, 2/107 Danish…”
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Influence of adjuvant irradiation on the development of late arm lymphedema and impaired shoulder mobility after mastectomy for carcinoma of the breast by Ryttov, N, Holm, N V, Qvist, N, Blichert-Toft, M

“…The influence of postoperative radiation therapy on development of late arm lymphedema and shoulder joint disability following mastectomy was evaluated from a…”
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Relative importance of genetic effects in rheumatoid arthritis: historical cohort study of Danish nationwide twin population by Svendsen, Anders J, Holm, Niels V, Kyvik, Kirsten, Petersen, Per Hyltoft, Junker, Peter

“…Abstract Objective: To determine the relative importance of environmental and genetic effects in the development of rheumatoid arthritis. Design: Historical…”
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Risk of suicide in twins: 51 year follow up study by Tomassini, Cecilia, Juel, Knud, Holm, Niels V, Skytthe, Axel, Christensen, Kaare

“…As previously reported4 the twin cohorts had a mortality pattern similar to that in the general population (standardised mortality 0.95 for men and 0.98 for…”
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A Danish Population-Based Twin Study on General Health in the Elderly by Christensen, Kaare, Holm, Niels V., Mcgue, Matt, Corder, Larry, Vaupel, James W.

“…Objectives: To study the relative influence of genetic and environmental factors on self-rated health and hospitalization patterns in the elderly. Methods:…”
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Prevalence of fasting hyperglycemia and known non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus classified by plasma C-peptide: Fredericia survey of subjects 60-74 yr old by E M Damsgaard, O K Faber, A Frøland, A Green, M Hauge, N V Holm, S Iversen

“…Prevalence of fasting hyperglycemia and known non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus classified by plasma C-peptide: Fredericia survey of subjects 60-74 yr…”
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Hand eczema in nickel-sensitive female twins. Genetic predisposition and environmental factors by Menné, T, Holm, N V

“…The Danish Twin Register represents a population-based twin sample where the twins enter the Register independently of disease. All female twins born between…”
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