Reproducibility and age-related changes of ocular parametric measurements in rabbits

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Riau, Andri K ^a   Tan, Neil Y S ^a   Angunawela, Romesh I ^a,b   Htoon, Hla M ^a   Chaurasia, Shyam S ^a   Mehta, Jodhbir S ^a,b,c,d  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anterior chamber; Cornea; Keratometry; Rabbit; Refractive; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; EYE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; EYE; FEMALE; MALE; RABBITS; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 84865292510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-138     Document Type: Article

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