Ethnic differences in optic nerve head and retinal nerve fibre layer thickness parameters in children

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 871-876

  Samarawickrama, Chameen ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,b   Huynh, Son C ^a   Pai, Amy ^a   Burlutsky, George ^a   Rose, Kathryn A ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA NERVE CELL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINAL NEURONS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 77954298073     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.158279     Document Type: Article

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