Visual outcomes for high myopic patients with or without myopic maculopathy: A 10 year follow up study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 546-550

  Shih, Yung Feng ^a,c   Ho, T C ^a   Hsiao, C K ^b   Lin, L L K ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33646255660     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.081992     Document Type: Article

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