Size of the neuroretinal rim and optic cup and their correlations with ocular and general parameters in adult Chinese: The Beijing eye study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1616-1619

  Xu, Liang ^a   Wang, Yaxing ^a   Yang, Hua ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^b,c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPTIC DISK CUP; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SCREENING; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; OPTIC DISK; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINA;

EID: 36749000610     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.121509     Document Type: Article

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