Quantitative nerve fiber layer measurement using scanning laser polarimetry and modulation parameters in the detection of glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 270-277

  Xu, Liang ^a   Chen, Philip P ^a   Chen, Ying Ying ^a   Takahashi, Yasuko ^a   Wang, Lan ^a   Mills, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Glaucoma suspect; Nerve fiber layer analysis; Ocular hypertension; Scanning laser polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC DISK; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032460663     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-199808000-00010     Document Type: Article

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