Genetic Dissection of Myopia. Evidence for Linkage of Ocular Axial Length to Chromosome 5q

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Zhu, Gu ^a   Hewitt, Alex W ^b,c   Ruddle, Jonathan B ^b   Kearns, Lisa S ^b   Brown, Shayne A ^b   MacKinnon, Jane R ^d   Chen, Christine Y ^b   Hammond, Christopher J ^e   Craig, Jamie E ^c   Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Mackey, David A ^b,f  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 44349100253     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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