Evaluation of the effect of aging on retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measured by optical coherence tomography

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 273-278

  Kanamori, Akiyasu ^a   Escano, Michael F T ^a   Eno, Ayako ^a   Nakamura, Makoto ^a   Maeda, Hidetaka ^a   Seya, Ryu ^a   Ishibashi, Kazuki ^a   Negi, Akira ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Normal eye; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal nerve fiber layer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PARAMETER; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA NERVE CELL; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037603542     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070634     Document Type: Article

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