Ophthalmic phenotypes and the representativeness of twin data for the general population

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 5565-5572

  Sanfilippo, Paul G ^a   Medland, Sarah E ^b   Hewitt, Alex W ^a   Kearns, Lisa S ^a   Ruddle, Jonathan B ^a   Sun, Cong ^c   Hammond, Christopher J ^d   Young, Terri L ^e   Martin, Nicholas G ^b   Mackey, David A ^a,f,g  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA THICKNESS; EYE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPTIC DISK CUP; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; TWINS; VISUAL ACUITY; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; CORNEA; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PUPIL; RETINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PUPIL; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053317896     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-7258     Document Type: Article

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