A Pilot Study of Enhanced Depth Imaging Optical Coherence Tomography of the Choroid in Normal Eyes

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 811-815

  Margolis, Ron ^a   Spaide, Richard F ^a  

^a VITREOUS RETINA MACULA CONSULTANTS OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHOROID; DEVICE; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHOROID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64449085730     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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