Peripapillary choroidal thickness variation with age and race in normal eyes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1872-1879

  Rhodes, Lindsay A ^a   Huisingh, Carrie ^a   Johnstone, John ^b   Fazio, Massimo A ^a   Smith, Brandon ^a   Wang, Lan ^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  

^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 Polynésie Française   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Enhanced depth imaging SDOCT; Peripapillary choroid; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE AXIS LENGTH; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PERIPAPILLARY CHOROIDAL THICKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCLERA; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; AGING; ANCESTRY GROUP; CHOROID; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; CHOROID; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84925296775     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-16179     Document Type: Article

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