Prevalence and characteristics of peripheral retinal degeneration in Chinese adults with high myopia: A cross-sectional prevalence survey

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 235-238

  Lam, Dennis S C ^a,b   Fan, Dorothy S P ^a,b   Chan, Wai Man ^a,b   Tam, Barbara S M ^b   Kwok, Alvin K H ^a,c   Leung, Alfred T S ^b,d   Parsons, Hugh ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d Hong Kong Baptist Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; High myopia; Lattice; Peripheral retinal degeneration; Prevalence; Survey

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONTACT LENSES; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONICS;

MYOPIA; PIGMENTARY; RETINAL DEGENERATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

VISION;

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; CHINESE; CONTACT LENS; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION; RETINA TEAR; REVIEW; SCLERA; SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 17444383112     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OPX.0000159359.49457.B4     Document Type: Review

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