Angle recess area decreases with age in normal Japanese

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 46-51

  Esaki, Koji ^a,c   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^a,c   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Greenfield, David S ^a,b   Uji, Yukitaka ^c   Ritch, Robert ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angle recess measurement; Angle closure glaucoma; Racial prevalence of angle closure glaucoma; Ultrasound biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BODY HEIGHT; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFRACTION ERROR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 0033982873     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(99)00173-2     Document Type: Article

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