Contribution of genetic and environmental effects on lens thickness: The Guangzhou Twin Eye study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1758-1763

  Shen, Peiyang ^a   Ding, Xiaohu ^a   Zheng, Yingfeng ^a   Congdon, Nathan G ^a   He, Mingguang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LENS SIZE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; TWINS; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REGISTRIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859399009     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-9318     Document Type: Article

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