Effect of corneal polarization axis on assessment of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness by scanning laser polarimetry

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 715-722

  Greenfield, David S ^a   Knighton, Robert W ^a   Huang, Xiang Run ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CORNEA; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POLARIMETRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SLIT LAMP; THICKNESS; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMOSCOPES; OPTIC NERVE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0033858678     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00353-6     Document Type: Article

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