Macular thickness variations with sex, age, and axial length in healthy subjects: A spectral domain-optical coherence tomography study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3913-3918

  Song, Won Kyung ^a   Lee, Sung Chul ^a   Lee, Eun Suk ^a   Kim, Chan Yun ^a   Kim, Sung Soo ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Institute of Vision Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA THICKNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; VOLUNTEER; AGING; EYE; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETINA MACULA LUTEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955898524     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4189     Document Type: Article

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