Prevalence of and risk factors for cornea guttata in a population-based study in a southwestern island of Japan: The Kumejima study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 332-336

  Higa, Akiko ^a   Sakai, Hiroshi ^a   Sawaguchi, Shoichi ^a   Iwase, Aiko ^b   Tomidokoro, Atsuo ^c   Amano, Shiro ^c   Araie, Makoto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Tajimi Iwase Eye Clinic   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA GUTTATA; CORNEA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79952597612     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.372     Document Type: Article

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