Heritability of the spatial distribution and peak density of macular pigment: a classical twin study.

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Published in Eye (Lond) on June 29, 2012

Authors

R E Hogg1, E L Ong, M Chamberlain, M Dirani, P N Baird, R H Guymer, F Fitzke

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Vision and Vascular Science, Queen's University, Belfast, UK. r.e.hogg@qub.ac.uk

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