Heritability of intraocular pressure: A classical twin study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1125-1128

  Carbonaro, F ^a,e   Andrew, T ^b   Mackey, D A ^c   Spector, T D ^a   Hammond, C J ^a,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COVARIANCE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 49049084629     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.133272     Document Type: Article

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