Mirror image congenital esotropia and concordant hypermetropia in identical twins

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1073-1075

  Dirani, Mohamed ^a,b   Schache, Maria ^a,b   Baird, Paul N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Esotropia; Hypermetropia; Mirror image; Twins

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL STRABISMUS; EYE FIXATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ACUITY; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; GENETICS; REGISTER; TWINS;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; ESOTROPIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 73949139247     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210901900629     Document Type: Article

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