Changes in scanning laser polarimetry before and after laser capsulotomy for posterior capsular opacification

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-116

  Brittain, Christopher J ^a   Fong, Kenneth C S ^a   Hull, Christopher C ^b   Gillespie, Ian H ^a  

^a KINGSTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GDx VCC; Posterior capsular opacification; Scanning laser polarimetry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; SCORING SYSTEM; YAG LASER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; BIREFRINGENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 33846333547     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000243469.05719.0d     Document Type: Article

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