Ethnic variability in retinal vessel caliber: A potential source of measurement error from ocular pigmentation?-The Sydney childhood eye study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1362-1366

  Rochtchina, Elena ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,b   Taylor, Bronwen ^a   Wong, Tien Y ^b,c   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; EYE COLOR; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; ARTERIOLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IRIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA VEIN; VENULE;

ARTERIOLES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRIS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINA; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL VEIN; VENULES;

EID: 45549095092     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0150     Document Type: Article

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