Heritability of anterior chamber depth as an intermediate phenotype of angle-closure in Chinese: The Guangzhou twin eye study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-86

  He, Mingguang ^a,b,c   Wang, Dandan ^a   Zheng, Yingfeng ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Yin, Qiuxia ^a   Huang, Wenyong ^a   Mackey, David A ^d   Foster, Paul J ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TWINS; ZYGOSITY; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHINA; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETICS; INHERITANCE; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHINA; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; REGISTRIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 39549093193     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1052     Document Type: Article

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