Blind spot size depends on the optic disc topography: A study using SLO controlled scotometry and the Heidelberg retina tomograph

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 355-359

  Meyer, Jörg Heinrich ^a   Guhlmann, Mechthild ^a   Funk, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT SCATTERING; LUMINANCE; MALE; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCOTOMA; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030965822     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.5.355     Document Type: Article

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