Racial differences in macular thickness in healthy eyes

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2007, Pages E941-E945

  Asefzadeh, Baharak ^a   Cavallerano, Anthony a ^a   Fisch, Barry m ^a  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Macular thickness; Optical coherence tomography; Race; Retinal thickness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETINA; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINA IMAGE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASES; IMAGE MATCHING; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; VISION;

MACULAR DISEASE; MACULAR THICKNESS; RETINAL IMAGES; RETINAL THICKNESS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

EID: 38449090498     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: 15389235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318157a6a0     Document Type: Article

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