Distribution of iris colors and its association with ocular disorder in the Tehran eye study

Iranian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-14

  Hashemi, Hassan ^a,b   Khabazkhoob, Mehdi ^b   Yekta, Abbasali ^c   Mohammad, Kazem ^d   Fotouhi, Akbar ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NOOR EYE HOSPITAL   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Iris color; Ocular disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949563915     PISSN: 2345279x     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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