Variation of laminar depth in normal eyes with age and race

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 8123-8133

  Rhodes, Lindsay A ^a   Huisingh, Carrie ^a   Johnstone, John ^b   Fazio, Massimo ^a   Smith, Brandon ^a   Clark, Mark ^a   Downs, J Crawford ^a   Owsley, Cynthia ^a   Girard, Michael J A ^c,d   Mari, Jean Martial ^e   Girkin, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lamina cribrosa; Laminar depth; Spectral domain optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; COLOR VISION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LAMINA CRIBROSA; LAMINAR DEPTH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRELAMINAR TISSUE VOLUME; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCLERA; SLIT LAMP; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; AGE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCLERA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84917705736     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-15251     Document Type: Article

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