Correlation between optic disc topography and retinal nerve fibre layer measurements in glaucoma

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 322-327

  Magacho, Leopoldo ^a,b,d   Marcondes, Ana M ^a   Costa, Vital P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy; Glaucoma; Optic disc; Retinal nerve fibre layer; Scanning laser polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PERIMETRY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 21044453653     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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