Quantitative assessment of aqueous flare: The effect of age and pupillary dilation

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 379-382

  El Harazi, Sherif M ^a   Ruiz, Richard S ^a   Feldman, Robert M ^a   Chuang, Alice Z ^a   Villanueva, Guillermina ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; LASER FLARE CELL METER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; AGED; MYDRIASIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BLOOD-AQUEOUS BARRIER; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYDRIATICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUPIL; TROPICAMIDE; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 0036736341     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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