Determinants of the optic cup to disc ratio in an Asian population: The Singapore Malay Eye Study (SiMES)

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1101-1108

  Amerasinghe, Nishani ^a,b   Wong, Tien Y ^a,b,c   Wong, Wan Ling ^b   Mitchell, Paul ^d   Shen, Sunny Y ^a   Loon, Seng Chee ^e   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b   Foster, Paul J ^f   Aung, Tin ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPTIC DISK CUP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SINGAPORE; SLIT LAMP;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 49449115450     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.8.1101     Document Type: Article

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