Laser scanning tomography and angiography of the optic nerve head for the diagnosis and follow-up of glaucoma

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 7-12

  Melamed, Shlomo ^a   Levkovitch Verbin, Hana ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PERFUSION; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SHORT SURVEY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030786485     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199704000-00003     Document Type: Short Survey

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