Optic nerve head morphometry in healthy adults using confocal laser scanning tomography

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 761-765

  Hermann, M M ^a,c   Theofylaktopoulos, I ^a   Bangard, N ^b   Jonescu Cuypers, C ^a   Coburger, S ^a   Diestelhorst, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOMOGRAPHY; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 2642572679     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.028068     Document Type: Article

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