Comparisons of anterior segment biometry between Chinese and Caucasians using anterior segment optical coherence tomography

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1184-1189

  Leung, Christopher Kai Shun ^a   Palmiero, P M ^b,c   Weinreb, R N ^d   Li, H ^a   Sbeity, Z ^b,c   Dorairaj, S ^b,c   Leung, D ^a   Liu, S ^a   Liebmann, J M ^b,c   Congdon, N ^a   Lam, D S ^a   Ritch, R ^b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRIS; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THICKNESS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 77956597252     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.167296     Document Type: Article

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