Long-term changes in axial length in adult eyes with pathologic myopia

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Saka, Natsuko ^a   Ohno Matsui, Kyoko ^a   Shimada, Noriaki ^a   Sueyoshi, Shin Ichi ^a   Nagaoka, Natsuko ^a   Hayashi, Wakako ^a   Hayashi, Kengo ^a   Moriyama, Muka ^a   Kojima, Ariko ^a   Yasuzumi, Kenjiro ^a   Yoshida, Takeshi ^a   Tokoro, Takashi ^a   Mochizuki, Manabu ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

A SCAN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; DEGENERATIVE MYOPIA; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLERA; SCLERA DISEASE; UVEA DISEASE; VISUAL DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA, DEGENERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; SCLERAL DISEASES; UVEAL DISEASES; VISION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957271085     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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