Interocular differences in optic disc topographic parameters in normal subjects

Current Eye Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 276-282

  Gherghel, Doina ^a   Orgül, Selim ^a   Prünte, Chistian ^a   Gugleta, Konstantin ^a   Lübeck, Patricia ^a   Gekkieva, Margarita ^a   Flammer, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy; Glaucoma; Interocular differences; Optic nerve head topography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033947295     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/0271-3683(200004)2041-5FT276     Document Type: Article

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