Corneal biomechanics, thickness and optic disc morphology in children with optic disc tilt

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1461-1466

  Lim, L ^a,b   Gazzard, G ^a,b,c   Chan, Y H ^d   Fong, A ^a,b   Kotecha, A ^c   Sim, E L ^a   Tan, D ^a,b   Tong, L ^a,b   Saw, S M ^a,d,e  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA REFLEX; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MYOPIA; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SINGAPORE; TRETINOIN;

EID: 55449102494     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.139113     Document Type: Article

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