Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Visual Sensitivity Using Scanning Laser Polarimetry with Variable and Enhanced Corneal Compensation

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1259-1265

  Bowd, Christopher ^a   Tavares, Ivan M ^a   Medeiros, Felipe A ^a   Zangwill, Linda M ^a   Sample, Pamela A ^a   Weinreb, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; THICKNESS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; RETINA; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34347242097     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.10.020     Document Type: Article

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