Variation of angle parameters in asians: An anterior segment optical coherence tomography study in a population of Singapore Malays

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2626-2631

  Amerasinghe, Nishani ^a   Foster, Paul J ^b   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,c,d   Htoon, Hla Myint ^d   He, Mingguang ^e   Shen, Sunny Y ^a   Aung, Han T ^d   Saw, Seang Mei ^d,f   Aung, Tin ^a,d,f  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGLE OPENING DISTANCE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CUP TO DISC RATIO; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC DISK CUP; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRABECULAR IRIS SPACE AREA; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GONIOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGAPORE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 66849136798     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2582     Document Type: Article

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