The heritability of the ring-like distribution of macular pigment assessed in a twin study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2214-2219

  Tariq, Ambreen ^a   Mahroo, Omar A ^a   Williams, Katie M ^a   Liew, Melissa S H ^b   Beatty, Stephen ^c   Gilbert, Clare E ^d   Van Kuijk, Frederik J ^e   Hammond, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c South East Technological University   (Ireland)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heritability; Lutein; Macular pigment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RETINA MACULOPATHY; TWIN CONCORDANCE; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

HERITABILITY; LUTEIN; MACULAR PIGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL COUNT; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898763885     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13829     Document Type: Article

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