The influence of low to moderate myopia on retinal nerve fiber layer as assessed by scanning laser polarimetry with variable corneal compensator

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 190-194

  Vetrugno, Michele ^a,b   Trabucco, Tiziana ^a   Sisto, Dario ^a   Troysi, Valeria ^a   Sborgia, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fixed corneal compensator; Myopia; Retinal nerve fiber layer; Variable corneal compensator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DEVICE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PARAMETER; PERIMETRY; RETINA; RISK FACTOR; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; VARIABLE CORNEAL COMPENSATOR;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NERVE FIBERS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34247370584     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099300     Document Type: Article

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