The Heritability of Glaucoma-Related Traits Corneal Hysteresis, Central Corneal Thickness, Intraocular Pressure, and Choroidal Blood Flow Pulsatility

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Freeman, Ellen E ^a,b   Roy Gagnon, Marie Hélène ^b,c   Descovich, Denise ^a   Massé, Hugues ^c   Lesk, Mark R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CHOROIDAL BLOOD FLOW PULSATILITY; CORNEAL HYSTERESIS; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; TONOMETER; ULTRASOUND PACHYMETER; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; CHOROID; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PULSATILE FLOW; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84873825674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055573     Document Type: Article

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