Retinal Thickness Analysis (RTA): An objective method to assess and quantify the retinal thickness in healthy controls and in diabetics without diabetic retinopathy

Retina

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 768-771

  Fritsche, Peter ^a   Van Der Heijde, Rob ^a   Suttorp Schulten, M S A ^a   Polak, Bettine C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Reproducibility; Retinal thickness analyzer; RTA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LASER; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA;

EID: 0036905011     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200212000-00013     Document Type: Article

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