Optic disc size in a population-based study in central India: The Central India Eye and Medical Study (CIEMS)

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-104

  Nangia, Vinay ^a,c   Matin, Arshia ^a   Bhojwani, Krishna ^a   Kulkarni, Maithili ^a   Yadav, Monica ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^b,c  

^a Suraj Eye Institute   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender; Hyperopia; Low vision; Myopia; Neuroretinal rim; Optic disc; Refractive error; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYOPIA; OPTIC DISK; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY; AGED; ASIAN; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; OPTIC DISK; ORGAN SIZE; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 39349086654     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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