Macular thickness measurements in healthy Norwegian volunteers: An optical coherence tomography study

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Wexler, Alexandra ^a,b   Sand, Trond ^a,b   Elsås, Tor B ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953593368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-10-13     Document Type: Article

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