Comparison between GDx VCC parameter and achromatic perimetry in glaucoma patients

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-285

  Iester, Michele ^a,c   Perdicchi, Andrea ^b   De Feo, Fabio ^a   Fiesoletti, Enrica ^b   Amodeo, Stefano ^b   Sanna, Giuseppe ^a   Leonardi, Antonella ^b   Calabria, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Optic disc; Retinal nerve fiber layer; Scanning laser polarimetry; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; PERIMETRY; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; PERIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINA; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33746407603     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000212235.88416.bd     Document Type: Article

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