Family aggregation of high myopia: Estimation of the sibling recurrence risk ratio

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2873-2878

  Farbrother, Jane E ^a   Kirov, George ^a   Owen, Michael J ^a   Guggenheim, Jeremy A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; ODDS RATIO; PENETRANCE; PRESCRIPTIONS, NON-DRUG; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SIBLINGS;

EID: 4344617015     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-1155     Document Type: Article

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