Racial differences in optic nerve head parameters

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 836-839

  Chi, Thomas ^a   Ritch, Robert ^a   Tsai, Clark ^a   Stickler, David ^b   Pitman, Bruce ^b   Hsieh, F Y ^c  

^a New York (NY) Eye and Ear Infirmary   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Einstein College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC DISK CUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMETRY; CAUCASOID RACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEGROID RACE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0024311720     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1989.01070010858029     Document Type: Article

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