Retinal vascular geometry and glaucoma: The Singapore Malay Eye Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-83

  Wu, Renyi ^a,b   Cheung, Carol Yim Lui ^a,c   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,c   Mitchell, Paul ^d   Aung, Tin ^a,c   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,c  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; ODDS RATIO; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84872016361     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.07.063     Document Type: Article

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