Heritability of cilioretinal arteries: A twin study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3850-3854

  Taarnhøj, Nina C B B ^a,d   Munch, Inger C ^a   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^b   Sander, Birgit ^a   Kessel, Line ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^c   Hougaard, Jesper L ^a   Larsen, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^d GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CILIARY ARTERY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INHERITANCE; MIDDLE AGED; TWINS;

ADULT; CILIARY ARTERIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETINAL ARTERY; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 32944474173     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0177     Document Type: Article

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