• Twin studies in autoimmune disease: Genetics, gender and environment 

      Bogdanos, D. P.; Smyk, D. S.; Rigopoulou, E. I.; Mytilinaiou, M. G.; Heneghan, M. A.; Selmi, C.; Gershwin, M. E. (2012)
      Twin studies are powerful tools to discriminate whether a complex disease is due to genetic or environmental factors. High concordance rates among monozygotic (MZ) twins support genetic factors being predominantly involved, ...
    • Vitamin D in autoimmune liver disease 

      Smyk, D. S.; Orfanidou, T.; Invernizzi, P.; Bogdanos, D. P.; Lenzi, M. (2013)
      The development of autoimmune disease is based on the interaction of genetic susceptibility and environmental causes. Environmental factors include infectious and noninfectious agents, with some of these factors being ...