Testing protocol and recruitment in the genes in myopia twin study

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 140-147

  Dirani, M ^a,b   Chamberlain, M ^a   Garoufalis, P ^a,b   Chen, C ^a,b   Guymer, R H ^a   Baird, P N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dizygotic; Methodology; Monozygotic; Myopia; Response rate; Twin recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 45749133069     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580801939338     Document Type: Article

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