Long-term variability of GDx VCC retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measurements

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-281

  Medeiros, Felipe A ^a   Doshi, Rishi ^a   Zangwill, Linda M ^a   Vasile, Cristiana ^a   Weinreb, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Nerve fiber layer; Reproducibility; Scanning laser polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE; POLARIMETER; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA NERVE FIBER LAYER; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

BIREFRINGENCE; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS; LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 34247252567     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3180391a3c     Document Type: Article

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