Eye color changes past early childhood: The Louisville Twin Study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 659-663

  Bito, Laszlo Z ^a   Matheny, Adam ^b   Cruickshanks, Karen J ^c   Nondahl, David M ^c   Carino, Olivia B ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOSITY;

EID: 0030923820     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100150661017     Document Type: Article

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