Scanning laser polarimetry in a selected group of patients with glaucoma and normal controls

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 845-854

  Nicolela, Marcelo T ^a,c   Martinez Bello, Carlos ^a   Morrison, Christine A ^a   Leblanc, Raymond P ^a   Lemij, Hans G ^b   Colen, Thomas P ^b   Chauhan, Balwantray C ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Eye Care Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; PARAMETER; POLARIMETRY; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LASERS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0035212889     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(01)01215-6     Document Type: Article

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