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Exfoliation syndrome in the Reykjavik eye study
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Ethnic differences in optic nerve head and RNFL parameters in children
Samarawickrama et al examined ethnic differences in optic nerve head and RNFL parameters between European Caucasian and East Asian children aged 6–12 years. Of 4118 children examined in the Sydney Childhood Eye Study, 3382 (82.1%) had OCT (Zeiss Stratus, Fast optic disc and RNFL scans) data suitable for analysis. After adjusting …
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