Refractive errors in twin studies

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 566-572

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTIGMATISM; BIOMETRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MYOPIA; PRESBYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS;

DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 33750142847     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706778024955     Document Type: Review

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