Inheritance of astigmatism: Evidence for a major autosomal dominant locus

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 825-830

  Clementi, Maurizio ^a   Angi, Mario ^a   Forabosco, Paola ^b   Di Gianantonio, Elena ^a   Tenconi, Romano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0032231695     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302014     Document Type: Article

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