Shared genetic determinant of axial length, anterior chamber depth, and angle opening distance: The Guangzhou twin eye study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4790-4794

  He, Mingguang ^a,b   Hur, Yoon Mi ^c   Zhang, Jian ^a   Ding, Xiaohu ^a   Huang, Wenyong ^a   Wang, Dandan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OSTEOPHYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MYOPIA; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CHILD; CHINA; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC DETERMINISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; MALE; MYOPIA; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 56149118395     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2130     Document Type: Article

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