Lens thickness of Indian eyes: Impact of isolated lens opacity, age, axial length, and influence on anterior chamber depth

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1542-1548

  Praveen, M R ^a   Vasavada, A R ^a   Shah, S K ^a   Shah, C B ^a   Patel, U P ^a   Dixit, N V ^a   Rawal, S ^a  

^a ILADEVI CATARACT AND IOL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Clear lens; Cortical cataract; Lens thickness; Nuclear cataract; Posterior subcapsular

Indexed keywords

PHENYLEPHRINE; PROXYMETACAINE; TROPICAMIDE;

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; AXIAL LENGTH; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORTICAL CATARACT; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; ILLUMINATION; INDIA; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MYDRIASIS; MYOPIA; NUCLEAR CATARACT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; SLIT LAMP; SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 67749110102     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.315     Document Type: Article

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