Are Myopic Eyes Less Likely to Have Diabetic Retinopathy?

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 524-530

  Lim, Laurence Shen ^a   Lamoureux, Ecosse ^a,b   Saw, Seang Mei ^c   Tay, Wan Ting ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^d   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGAPORE; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SINGAPORE;

EID: 77049106559     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.07.044     Document Type: Article

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