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Myopia: Gene-environment Interaction
15 May 2000
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INTRODUCTION: Myopia has reached epidemic proportions in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. This review summarises the evidence for environmental and genetic factors as well as gene-environment interaction for myopia for both epidemiologic studies as well as animal models. METHODS: A literature review was conducted after a Medline search on articles on the genetic or environmental aetiology of myopia in...
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