Choroidal Thickness and Biometric Markers for the Screening of Lacquer Cracks in Patients with High Myopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Nan Kai ^a,b   Lai, Chi Chun ^a,b   Chou, Chai Lin ^c   Chen, Yen Po ^a,b   Chuang, Lan Hsin ^a,b   Chao, An Ning ^a,b   Tseng, Hsiao Jung ^b   Chang, Chee Jen ^b,d   Wu, Wei Chi ^a,b   Chen, Kuan Jen ^a,b   Tsang, Stephen H ^e,f  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e Department of Medicine   (United States)

^f Edward S Harkness Eye Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASE; CHOROIDAL THICKNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LACQUER CRACK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTORECEPTOR INNER SEGMENT; PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBFOVEAL CHOROIDAL THICKNESS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMETRY; CHOROID; HUMANS; MYOPIA; SAFETY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84872770333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053660     Document Type: Article

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