Central Corneal Thickness of Normal-Tension Glaucoma and Non-Glaucoma Populations in Ethnic Chinese

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-55

  Chen, Hung Chiao ^a   Ho, Jau Der ^b   Chang, Shirley Hseuh Li ^a   Chen, Yi Hsin Sidney ^a   Wu, Shiu Chen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Intraocular pressure; Myopia; Normal tension glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MYOPIA; REFRACTION ERROR; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1642343643     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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