Four-Year Incidence and Progression of Lens Opacities: The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Varma, Rohit ^a   Richter, Grace M ^a   Torres, Mina ^a   Foong, Athena W P ^a   Choudhury, Farzana ^a   Azen, Stanley P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77950860909     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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