Structure-function relationship is stronger with enhanced corneal compensation than with variable corneal compensation in scanning laser polarimetry

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1651-1658

  Mai, Thê Anh ^a,b   Reus, Nicolaas J ^a   Lemij, Hans G ^a  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BIREFRINGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VISUAL FIELD; CORNEA; LASER; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PERIMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SCOTOMA;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AGED; BIREFRINGENCE; CORNEA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PERIMETRY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SCOTOMA; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34248392248     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-1003     Document Type: Article

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