An unexpectedly low Stratus optical coherence tomography false-positive rate in the non-nasal quadrants of Asian eyes: Indirect evidence of differing retinal nerve fibre layer thickness profiles according to ethnicity

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 735-739

  Kim, T W ^a,a,b   Park, K H ^a   Kim, D M ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ETHNICITY; EYE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; NOSE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; TEMPORAL BONE; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTORECEPTORS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 45249124282     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.129502     Document Type: Article

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