Choroidal thickness in the subtypes of angle closure: An EDI-OCT study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 7849-7853

  Huang, Wenbin ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Gao, Xinbo ^a   Li, Xingyi ^a   Li, Zheng ^b   Zhou, Minwen ^a   Chen, Shida ^a   Zhang, Xiulan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Angle closure; Choroidal thickness; Enhanced depth imaging spectral domain optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CHOROID DISEASE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGLE-CLOSURE; CHOROIDAL THICKNESS; ENHANCED DEPTH IMAGING SPECTRAL-DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

CHOROID; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84888861546     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13158     Document Type: Article

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