Age and racial variation in central corneal thickness of preschool and school-aged children

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 227-233

  Haider, Kathryn M ^a   Mickler, Casey ^a   Oliver, Dana ^b   Moya, Frank J ^c   Cruz, Oscar A ^a   Davitt, Bradley V ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT T TEST; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 51349124466     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01913913-20080701-07     Document Type: Article

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