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The South Korean Twin Registry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Yoon-Mi Hur ,
Joong Sik Shin ,
Hoe-Uk Jeong  and
Jung Yeol Han
Yoon-Mi Hur*
Affiliation:
Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. ymhur@snu.ac.kr
Joong Sik Shin
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Pochon Cha University, Seoul, South Korea.
Hoe-Uk Jeong
Affiliation:
Department of Education, Mokpo National University, Mokpo, South Korea.
Jung Yeol Han
Affiliation:
Cheil Hospital and Women's Healthcare Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
*
*Address for correspondence: Yoon-Mi Hur, Medical Research Center #110, Seoul National University, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-799, South Korea.

Abstract

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The South Korean Twin Registry (SKTR), previously called the Seoul Twin Family Study, is a nationwide volunteer registry of South Korean twins and their families. Since 2002, the SKTR has been updated in 4 important ways. First, continued sampling led to an increase in the number of twins. Second, the target area, Seoul, was enlarged to include other cities and rural areas in the country. Third, the target population was extended from school-aged twins to preschool and adult twins. Fourth, the research focus was expanded to include psychiatric and physical disease phenotypes. The present article describes a brief history of the SKTR, goals and current research highlights, recent major accomplishments, and future directions.

Type
Articles/Korea
Information
Twin Research and Human Genetics , Volume 9 , Issue 6 , 01 December 2006 , pp. 838 - 843
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006