Retinal nerve fiber layer analysis in the diagnosis of glaucoma

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 120-131

  Zangwill, Linda M ^a   Bowd, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal scanning; Glaucoma; Imaging instruments; Laser ophthalmoscopy; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal nerve fiber layer; Scanning laser polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NERVE FIBER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POLARIMETER; POLARIMETRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; TECHNIQUE; VISION;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33646911370     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icu.0000193079.55240.18     Document Type: Review

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