Normative retardation data corrected for the corneal polarization axis with scanning laser polarimetry

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-171

  Greenfield, David S ^a   Knighton, Robert W ^b   Feuer, William J ^b   Schiffman, Joyce C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CORNEA; CORNEA POLARIZATION AXIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; OPTICAL RETARDATION; OPTICS; PERIMETRY; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; THICKNESS; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; OPTIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIREFRINGENCE; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMOSCOPES; OPTIC NERVE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0037358653     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1542-8877-20030301-17     Document Type: Article

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