Retinal nerve fiber layer measurements in normal black subjects as determined with scanning laser polarimetry

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 78-81

  Tjon Fo Sang, Martha J ^a   Lemij, Hans G ^a  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0031917324     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)91323-9     Document Type: Article

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