Dominant genetic effects on corneal astigmatism: The genes in myopia (GEM) twin study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1339-1344

  Dirani, Mohamed ^a,b   Islam, Amirul ^a   Shekar, Sri N ^c   Baird, Paul N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIOMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DOMINANT GENE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CORNEA DISEASE; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGISTER; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTIGMATISM; AUSTRALIA; CORNEAL DISEASES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 45549109716     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1011     Document Type: Article

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