Associations of birth weight with ocular biometry, refraction, and glaucomatous endophenotypes: The australian twins eye study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Sun, Cong ^a,b   Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^b,c   Brown, Shayne A ^c   Kearns, Lisa S ^a   MacKinnon, Jane R ^d   Barbour, Julie M ^e   Ruddle, Jonathan B ^a   Hewitt, Alex W ^a   Wright, Margret J ^f   Martin, Nicholas G ^f   Dwyer, Terence ^b,c   MacKey, David A ^a,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^e The Eye Hospital   (Australia)

^f QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC DISK; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TWINS;

EID: 78649463375     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.06.028     Document Type: Article

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