Anterior Chamber Depth in Elderly Chinese. The Liwan Eye Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  He, Mingguang ^a,b   Huang, Wenyong ^a   Zheng, Yingfeng ^a   Alsbirk, Poul Helge ^c   Foster, Paul J ^b,d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHINA; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOMETRY; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; LENS CAPSULE; MALE; OPTICAL PACHYMETRY; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; REFRACTION ERROR; URBAN AREA;

EID: 48149091424     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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