Influence of Birth Parameters on Peripapillary Nerve Fiber Layer and Macular Thickness in Six-Year-Old Children

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 505-507

  Wang, Xiu Ying ^a,c   Huynh, Son C ^b   Rochtchina, Elena ^b   Mitchell, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c INNER MONGOLIA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE FIBER; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; THICKNESS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 33748852076     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.03.052     Document Type: Article

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