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family investigation

Known as: Family Study, Familial Study, Family Based Study 
Research conducted on related or non-related members of families, examining the affects of genetics, the environment, or twin offspring.
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2016
2016
Determination of HLA-A, -B, and -DRB1 Allele and Haplotype Frequencies in the Croatian Population Based on a Family Study
In the present study, HLA allele and haplotype frequencies among Croatian families were investigated to evaluate valuable… 
2015
2015
Novel approaches to the analysis of family data in genetic epidemiology
THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY DATA The study of Genetic Epidemiology has historically focused on the inheritance of genetic factors… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
Further evidence for robust familiality of pediatric bipolar I disorder: results from a very large controlled family study of pediatric bipolar I disorder and a meta-analysis.
OBJECTIVE To determine the risk for bipolar I disorder in first-degree relatives of children with DSM-IV bipolar I disorder via… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Perspective: the search for genes for type 2 diabetes in the post-genome era.
Twin and family studies have demonstrated a strong genetic component to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), but mapping the… 
1996
1996
The risk for psychiatric illness in siblings of schizophrenics: the impact of psychotic and non‐psychotic affective illness and alcoholism in parents
Clarification of the nature of the liability to schizophrenia transmitted within families is a major goal of family studies. In… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Protein S deficiency type I: identification of point mutations in 9 of 10 families.
We identified potentially causative mutations in the active protein S gene (PROS 1) by direct sequencing of PROS 1-specific… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Genetic models of human obesity--family studies.
Childhood obesity is predictive of obesity as an adult, and individual differences in body weight relative to height (body mass… 
1985
1985
Childhood obesity: Family perspective
Childhood obesity remains a poorly understood condition which is difficult to modify. Most investigations and explanations of… 
Review
1982
Review
1982
The genetics of malignant hyperthermia: evidence for heterogeneity.
Study of phenotype and familial distribution of malignant hyperthermia (MH) suggests heterogeneity with MH possibly being a… 
1947
1947
Heredity of the Rh blood types; additional family studies, with special reference to the theory of multiple allelic genes.
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