Novel association of smaller anterior chamber width with angle closure in Singaporeans

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1967-1973

  Nongpiur, Monisha E ^a   Sakata, Lisandro M ^b   Friedman, David S ^c   He, Mingguang ^d   Chan, Yiong Huak ^e   Lavanya, Raghavan ^a   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,e   Aung, Tin ^a,e  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER WIDTH; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCLERA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EYE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 77957584363     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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