Keratoconus in 18 pairs of twins

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Tuft, Stephen J ^a   Hassan, Hala ^a   George, Sonia ^c   Frazer, David G ^c   Willoughby, Colin E ^d,e   Liskova, Petra ^b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

concordance; dizygotic; genetics; genotyping; keratoconus; monozygotic; twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED VIDEOKERATOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ECZEMA; EYE EXAMINATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAY FEVER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ONSET AGE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865681482     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.02448.x     Document Type: Article

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