Choroidal vascularity index as a measure of vascular status of the choroid: Measurements in healthy eyes from a population-based study

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Agrawal, Rupesh ^a,b   Gupta, Preeti ^a,c   Tan, Kara Anne ^c   Cheung, Chui Ming Gemmy ^a,c,d   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,c,d   Cheng, Ching Yu ^a,c,d  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHOROID; CHOROID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84958172894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21090     Document Type: Article

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