Influence of axial length on ganglion cell complex (GCC) thickness and on GCC thickness to retinal thickness ratios in young adults

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-93

  Takeyama, Asuka ^a   Kita, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kita, Ritsuko ^a   Tomita, Goji ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axial length; Ganglion cell complex; Optical coherence tomography; Ratio; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GANGLION CELL COMPLEX; GANGLION CELL COMPLEX THICKNESS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MACULAR THICKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINAL THICKNESS; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893697952     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: 16132246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-013-0292-2     Document Type: Article

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