Relation between axial length and ocular parameters

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 188-193

  Park, Sang Hoon ^a,b   Park, Ki Ho ^c   Kim, Joon Mo ^a,b   Choi, Chul Young ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Intraocular Fluid Dynamics Study Group (IFDSG)   (Australia)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age; Axial length; Ocular parameter; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CORNEA THICKNESS; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MALE; MYOPIA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NERVE FIBERS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70350393267     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000252982     Document Type: Article

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