The relationship among race, iris color, central corneal thickness, and intraocular pressure

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 512-515

  Semes, Leo ^a   Shaikh, Adam ^a   Mcgwin, Gerald ^a   Bartlett, Jimmy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Iris color; Race

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS COLOR; RACE;

PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; THICKNESS; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746651105     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000225117.55813.e9     Document Type: Article

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