Scanning laser polarimetry of edematous and atrophic optic nerve heads

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 484-490

  Banks, Michelle C ^a,b   Robe Collignon, Nathalie J ^a,c   Rizzo III, Joseph F ^a   Pasquale, Louis R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b Diabetes Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; DEVICE; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; THICKNESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; BIREFRINGENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NEURITIS; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; PAPILLEDEMA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0037388338     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.4.484     Document Type: Article

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