Choroidal thickness and high myopia: A case-control study of young Chinese men in Singapore

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2015, Pages e585-e592

  Gupta, Preeti ^a,b   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b,c   Cheung, Carol Y ^a,b,d   Girard, Michael J A ^a,c   Mari, Jean Martial ^e   Bhargava, Mayuri ^a,b   Tan, Colin ^f   Tan, Mellisa ^g   Yang, Adeline ^g   Tey, Frederick ^g   Nah, Gerard ^h   Zhao, Paul ^h   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,c,d   Cheng, Ching Yu ^a,b,c,d  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^g DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

^h Singapore Army   (Singapore)

Author keywords

case control study; choroidal thickness; EDI SD OCT; high myopia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CHORIORETINAL ATROPHY; CHOROID; CHOROIDAL THICKNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMMETROPIA; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTERIOR STAPHYLOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA FOVEA; SINGAPORE; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; UVEA DISEASE; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEGENERATIVE MYOPIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATROPHY; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; BIOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOROID; EMMETROPIA; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA, DEGENERATIVE; ORGAN SIZE; RETINA; SINGAPORE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945458519     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12631     Document Type: Article

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