Corneal biomechanical properties and retinal vascular caliber in children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-125

  Lim, Laurence ^a,b   Cheung, Ning ^c   Gazzard, Gus ^d   Chan, Yiong Huak ^e   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,c   Saw, Seang Mei ^f  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Biostatistics   (Singapore)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALIBRATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORNEA; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL HYSTERESIS; CORNEAL RESISTANCE FACTOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL RETINAL PHOTOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE REFRACTION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYSTERESIS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R FACTOR; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; ADOLESCENT; ARTERIOLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VENULE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIOLES; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINAL VESSELS; SINGAPORE; VENULES;

EID: 58249091538     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2352     Document Type: Article

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