Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy as a tool for detecting atrophy of the central retinal nerve fibre layer in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 356-359

  Lindblom, Bertil ^a   Bond Taylor, Lena ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy; Optic atrophy; Retinal nerve fiber layer; Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0031820119     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1998.760322.x     Document Type: Article

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