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Twins eye study in Tasmania (TEST): rationale and methodology to recruit and examine twins.
Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Oct 2009
Mackey David A, Mackinnon Jane R, Brown Shayne A, Kearns Lisa S, Ruddle Jonathan B, Sanfilippo Paul G, Sun Cong, Hammond Christopher J, Young Terri L, Martin Nicholas G, Hewitt Alex W
Abstract excerpt
Visual impairment is a leading cause of morbidity and poor quality of life in our community. Unravelling the mechanisms underpinning important blinding diseases could allow preventative or curative steps to be implemented. Twin siblings provide a unique opportunity in biology to discover genes as...
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