Is there still a clinical use for scanning laser polarimetry with fixed corneal compensator?

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 220, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 296-301

  Vetrugno, Michele ^a   Sista, Dario ^a   Trabucco, Tiziana ^a   Sborgia, Giancarlo ^a   Ferreri, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corneal compensator, fixed; Corneal compensator, variable; Scanning laser polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DEVICE; FEMALE; FIXED CORNEAL COMPENSATOR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLARIMETRY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; BIREFRINGENCE; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 33748444743     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094618     Document Type: Article

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