Increasing prevalence and severity of conjunctivochalasis with aging detected by anterior segment optical coherence tomography

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Gumus, Koray ^a,b   Pflugfelder, Stephen C ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTERIOR SEGMENT OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVOCHALASIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84872278782     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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