Differentiating patients with glaucoma from glaucoma suspects and normal subjects by nerve fiber layer assessment with scanning laser polarimetry

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2068-2076

  Choplin, Neil T ^a   Lundy, Diane C ^a   Dreher, Andreas W ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Laser Diagnostic Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE FIBER; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0032470784     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)91127-7     Document Type: Article

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