Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness remains unchanged following laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 512-516

  Gürses Özden, Rabia ^a   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Schuffner, Danilo ^a   Buxton, Douglas F ^a,b   Soloway, Barrie D ^a,b   Ritch, Robert ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY;

ADULT; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE; PERIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034806788     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(01)01094-7     Document Type: Article

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