The GEnes in Myopia (GEM) study in understanding the aetiology of refractive errors

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 520-542

  Baird, Paul N ^a   Schäche, Maria ^a   Dirani, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY BUILD; CLINICAL STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; ETHNICITY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FAMILY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIGHT REFRACTION; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PERSONALITY; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STUDY DESIGN; TWINS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AUSTRALIA; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MYOPIA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78650222218     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2010.05.004     Document Type: Review

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