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Original Article

Retinal Vessel Caliber and Myopic Retinopathy: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Haitao LiCentre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology &Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Australia
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Paul MitchellCentre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology &Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Australia
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Elena RochtchinaCentre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology &Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Australia
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George BurlutskyCentre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology &Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Australia
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Tien Y. Wong
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Jie Jin WangCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 275-280 | Received 13 Mar 2011, Accepted 23 Jun 2011, Published online: 04 Nov 2011

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