Major determinants of optic nerve head topographic characteristics in a normal Turkish population

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-13

  Akar, Yusuf ^a   Orhan, Mehmet ^b   Irkeç, Murat ^b   Karaaǧaoglu, Ergun ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Age; Confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope; Disc area; Optic nerve head topography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; RETINA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; REFERENCE VALUES; TURKEY;

EID: 1542400702     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2004.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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