Optic disk size and optic disk-to-fovea distance in preterm and full-term infants

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4683-4686

  De Silva, Don Julian ^a,b   Cocker, Ken D ^c   Lau, Gordon ^d   Clay, Simon T ^d   Fielder, Alistair R ^a,c   Moseley, Merrick J ^c  

^a WESTERN EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL IMAGING; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; TERM BIRTH;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; OPTIC DISK; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 34247176707     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0152     Document Type: Article

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