The Heritability of Age-Related Cortical Cataract: The Twin Eye Study

A classical twin study was performed to establish the relative importance of genes and environment in cortical cataract. Five hundred six pairs of unselected female twin volunteers (226 monozygotic and 280 dizygotic) with a mean age of 62 years (range, 49-79 years) were examined. Cortical cataract w...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 2001-03, Vol.42 (3), p.601-605
Hauptverfasser:	Hammond, Christopher J, Duncan, Donald D, Snieder, Harold, de Lange, Marlies, West, Sheila K, Spector, Tim D, Gilbert, Clare E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aging - genetics Biological and medical sciences Cataract - classification Cataract - diagnosis Cataract - genetics Female Genes, Dominant Humans Lens Cortex, Crystalline - pathology Lens diseases Medical sciences Middle Aged Models, Genetic Ophthalmology Prevalence Twins, Dizygotic - genetics Twins, Monozygotic - genetics
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