Optic nerve head parameters of an indigenous population living within Central Australia

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 852-856

  Landers, John A ^a   Henderson, Tim R ^b   Craig, Jamie E ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cup disc ratio; Indigenous Australian; Optic disc; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OPTIC DISK; POPULATION GROUPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845322984     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01344.x     Document Type: Article

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