Relationship between visual field sensitivity and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness as measured by scanning laser polarimetry

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1823-1829

  Schlottmann, Patricio G ^a   De Cilla, Stefano ^a   Greenfield, David S ^b   Caprioli, Joseph ^c   Garway Heath, David F ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; VISUAL FIELD; AGING; LASER; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 3042663520     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0692     Document Type: Article

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