Reproducibility of fundus autofluorescence measurements obtained using a confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 276-279

  Lois, Noemi ^a,b   Halfyard, Anthony S ^a   Bunce, Catey ^b   Bird, Alan C ^a,b   Fitzke, Fredrick W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYDRIASIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA FOVEA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE;

EID: 0033033710     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.3.276     Document Type: Article

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