A simple clinical method to measure the optic disc size in glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 241-245

  Lim, C S ^a   O'Brien, C ^a   Bolton, N M ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning ophthalmoscope; Optic disc diameter; Slit lamp biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SLIT LAMP;

EID: 0029838516     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-199608000-00005     Document Type: Article

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