Phenotypic and genotypic correlation between myopia and intelligence

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Williams, Katie M ^a   Hysi, Pirro G ^a   Yonova Doing, Ekaterina ^a   Mahroo, Omar A ^a   Snieder, Harold ^b   Hammond, Christopher J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; MYOPIA; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; MYOPIA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 85017186417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep45977     Document Type: Article

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