Intersession reproducibility of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measurements by GDx-VCC in healthy and glaucomatous eyes

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 266-271

  Iacono, Pierluigi ^a   Da Pozzo, Stefano ^a,b   Fuser, Mirko ^a   Marchesan, Roberta ^a   Ravalico, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automated perimetry; Glaucoma; Reproducibility; Scanning laser polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PERIMETRY; POLARIMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA;

AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 33745460092     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093082     Document Type: Article

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