Relationship of Retinal Vascular Caliber with Optic Disc and Macular Structure

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 368-375

  Lim, Laurence S ^a,b   Saw, Seang Mei ^b,c   Cheung, Ning ^d   Mitchell, Paul ^e   Wong, Tien Y ^a,b,d  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA VEIN; SCHOOL CHILD; VENULE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL VESSELS; SINGAPORE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 68949147933     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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