Evaluating the retinal nerve fiber layer in glaucoma with scanning laser polarimetry

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1403-1406

  Weinreb, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; EDITORIAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SLIT LAMP;

EID: 0033386585     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.117.10.1403     Document Type: Editorial

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