Estimating the clinical usefulness of optic disc biometry for detecting glaucomatous change over time

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 755-763

  Tangelder, G J M ^a,b   Reus, N J ^a   Lemij, H G ^a  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discriminating Capacity Index; Glaucoma; Reproducibility; Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy; TopSS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; OPTIC DISK; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; VARIANCE;

EID: 33748279823     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701993     Document Type: Article

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