Age related macular degeneration in monozygotic twins and their spouses in Iceland

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 422-425

  Gottfredsdottir, Maria S ^a,b   Sverrisson, Thordur ^b   Musch, David C ^a   Stefánsson, Einar ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Atrophy; Concordance; Drusen; Macula; Monozygotic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ICELAND; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ZYGOSITY;

EID: 0032773711     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1999.770413.x     Document Type: Article

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