Focusing In on the Complex Genetics of Myopia
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1 Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, 2 Statistical Genetics Section, Inherited Disease Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH), Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, 3 Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King’s College London School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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دوره 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013