Prevalence and Risk Factors for Cornea Guttata in the Reykjavik Eye Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 565-569

  Zoega, Gunnar M ^a   Fujisawa, Aya ^b   Sasaki, Hiroshi ^b   Kubota, Akiko ^b   Sasaki, Kazuyuki ^b   Kitagawa, Kazuko ^b   Jonasson, Fridbert ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA GUTTATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICELAND; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIT LAMP; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CELL COUNT; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33645353332     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.12.014     Document Type: Article

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