Effect of optic disc size or age on evaluation of optic disc variables

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1046-1049

  Kee, Changwon ^a,b   Koo, Hyungjin ^a   Ji, Yonghoon ^a   Kim, Seonwoo ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY;

EID: 0030692643     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.12.1046     Document Type: Article

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