Clinical evaluation of scanning laser polarimetry: II polar profile shape analysis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 260-266

  Waldock, Andrew ^a   Potts, Michael J ^b   Sparrow, John M ^b   Karwatowski, Wojciech S S ^c  

^a TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; STANDARDIZATION; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK;

EID: 0031955496     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.3.260     Document Type: Article

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