Scleral thickness in human eyes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Vurgese, Sujiv ^a   Panda Jonas, Songhomitra ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA THICKNESS; EYE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINA CRIBROSA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; OPTIC NERVE; ORA SERRATA; PERIPAPILLARY SCLERA FLANGE; SCLERA; SCLERA THICKNESS; SEX RATIO; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; UVEA MELANOMA; UVEA TUMOR;

ORA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EYE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SCLERA; UVEAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855419485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029692     Document Type: Article

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