Stroke research in GenomEUtwin.

摘要: Stroke is one of the leading causes severe disability and death in world. In present article we outline possibilities limitations for future stroke research within GenomEUtwin. The combined sample twins born before 1958 from Denmark, Finland, Sweden, available follow-up into second millennium non-fatal fatal events through national inpatient registers exceeds 70,000 twin pairs. This size will enable study genetic influences on major subtypes. Large samples GenomEUtwin have been followed up repeatedly interviews questionnaires concerning a variety exposures potential risk factors stroke. We briefly how this information can be with health register epidemiologic studies also number pairs concordant discordant Finland time lags between illustrates that affected sib linkage relatively limited, but sizes are promising association studies.