Prevalence of Cataract Type in Relation to Axial Length in Subjects with High Myopia and Emmetropia in an Indian Population

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Praveen, Mamidipudi R ^a   Vasavada, Abhay R ^a   Jani, Urvi D ^a   Trivedi, Rupal H ^b   Choudhary, Prakash Kumar ^a  

^a ILADEVI CATARACT AND IOL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATARACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL CATARACT; EMMETROPIA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR CATARACT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTERIOR SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 37249035978     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.07.043     Document Type: Article

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