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A review of current approaches to identifying human genes involved in myopia.
Clinical & experimental optometry - 1 Jan 2008
Tang Wing Chun, Yap Maurice K H, Yip Shea Ping
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of myopia is high in many parts of the world, particularly among the Orientals such as Chinese and Japanese. Like other complex diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, myopia is likely to be caused by both genetic and environmental factors, and possibly their interactions. Owing to multiple genes with small effects, genetic heterogeneity and phenotypic complexity, the study of the genetics of...
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