Characteristics of Highly Myopic Eyes. The Beijing Eye Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-126

  Xu, Liang ^a   Li, Yibin ^a   Wang, Shuang ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   Wang, Yaxin ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHINA; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUSEN; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RETINAL DRUSEN; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33845753021     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.05.071     Document Type: Article

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