Relationship between diabetes and grayscale fractal dimensions of retinal vasculature in the Indian population

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Aliahmad, Behzad ^a   Kumar, Dinesh Kant ^a   Sarossy, Marc George ^a   Jain, Rajeev ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Save Sight Centre   (India)

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EID: 84928723035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-14-152     Document Type: Article

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