Right and left correlation of retinal vessel caliber measurements in anisometropic children: Effect of refractive error

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5227-5230

  Joachim, Nichole ^a   Rochtchina, Elena ^a   Tan, Ava Grace ^a   Hong, Thomas ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CHILD; EMMETROPIA; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SCHOOL CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PATHOLOGY;

ANISOMETROPIA; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 84867892493     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-9422     Document Type: Article

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