Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness is unaffected in migraine patients

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-23

  Tan, Funda Uysal ^a,b   Akarsu, C ^a   Gullu R ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Migraine; Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness; Scanning laser polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE AURA; POLARIMETRY; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 20444452061     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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