Heritability of pachymetric indices using Pentacam Scheimflug imaging.

Hassan HashemiAbbasAli YektaSamira HeydarianHadi OstadimoghaddamMohammadreza AghamirsalimAkbar DerakhshanMehdi Khabazkhoob

Published in: The British journal of ophthalmology (2019)

The high heritability of the mentioned pachymetric parameters confirms the high correlation between these phenotypes and genetic factors and calls for genetic and molecular research to find related genes and to understand the aetiology of associated diseases, especially glaucoma and keratoconus.

Keyphrases

genome wide
high resolution
copy number
gene expression
fluorescence imaging
photodynamic therapy
optical coherence tomography