Evaluation of a reference set based grading system for retinal nerve fiber layer photographs in 1941 eyes

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 278-282

  Niessen, Antoinette G J E ^a   Van Den Berg, Thomas J T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Epidemiology; Glaucoma; Nerve fiber layer; Photographpy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0031869080     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1998.760305.x     Document Type: Article

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