Variation in corneal hysteresis and central corneal thickness among black, hispanic and white subjects

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Haseltine, Sarah J ^a   Pae, Jennis ^a   Ehrlich, Joshua R ^a   Shammas, Maya ^a   Radcliffe, Nathan M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

central corneal thickness; corneal hysteresis; epidemiology; ethnicity; glaucoma; race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL HYSTERESIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELASTICITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84870532305     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.02509.x     Document Type: Article

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