Prevalence of pigmented lens striae in a black population: A potential indicator of age-related pigment dispersal in the anterior segment

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 681-687

  Roberts, Daniel K ^a   Lo, Philip S ^a   Winters, Janis Ecklund ^a   Castells, David D ^a   Alexander, Cathy Clark ^a   Teitelbaum, Bruce A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black race; Krukenberg's spindle; Pigment dispersion syndrome; Pigmentary glaucoma; Pigmented lens striae; Secondary glaucoma

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; LENSES; PATIENT TREATMENT; PIGMENTS;

GLAUCOMA;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LENS CAPSULE; LENS DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTED LENS STRIAE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA;

EID: 0036848935     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200211000-00005     Document Type: Article

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