The variable expression of keratoconus within monozygotic twins: Dundee University Scottish Keratoconus Study (DUSKS)

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 123-126

  Weed, K H ^a   MacEwen, C J ^a   McGhee, C N J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Corneal topography; Keratoconus; Monozygotic twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOSCOPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33745256448     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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