Marked discordance for myopia in female monozygotic twins

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-287

  Dirani, Mohamed ^a,b   Chamberlain, Matthew ^a   Garoufalis, Pam ^a,b   Chen, Christine ^a,b   Guymer, Robyn H ^a   Baird, Paul N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anisometropia; Discordant; Myopia; Refraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MYOPIA; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; TWIN DISCORDANCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33645727853     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01208.x     Document Type: Article

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