Simple, low-cost, portable corneal fluorometer for detection of the level of diabetic retinopathy

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 4303-4311

  Van Best, Jaap A ^a   Docchio, Franco ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

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EID: 0005284836     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.004303     Document Type: Article

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