Choroidal thickness in myopic and nonmyopic children assessed with enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7578-7586

  Read, Scott A ^a   Collins, Michael J ^a   Vincent, Stephen J ^a   Alonso Caneiro, David ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choroid; Myopia; Pediatric; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOROIDAL THICKNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MYOPIA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

CHOROID; MYOPIA; PEDIATRIC; REFRACTIVE ERROR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHOROID; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84887853532     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12772     Document Type: Article

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