Diagnostic capabilities of frequency-doubling technology, scanning laser polarimetry, and nerve fiber layer photographs to distinguish glaucomatous damage

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 188-197

  Paczka, Jose A ^a   Friedman, David S ^a   Quigley, Harry A ^b,c   Barron, Yolanda ^b   Vitale, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCREENING; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TECHNOLOGY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035136513     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00644-9     Document Type: Article

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