Histological measurement of retinal nerve fibre layer thickness

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 491-498

  Frenkel, S ^a   Morgan, J E ^b   Blumenthal, E Z ^a,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ganglion cell; Glaucoma; Histology; Optic nerve; Retina; Retinal nerve fibre layer

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIS; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MODEL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; STAINING; THICKNESS; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 19044368371     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701569     Document Type: Review

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