Imaging of the optic disc in glaucoma: Which way to go?

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 71-76

  Funk, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLAUCOMA; IMAGING; LASER; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC DISK; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031747324     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199804000-00014     Document Type: Review

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