Factors Associated with Variability in Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Measurements Obtained by Optical Coherence Tomography

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1505-1512

  Wu, Ziqiang ^a,b   Vazeen, Matti ^b   Varma, Rohit ^c   Chopra, Vikas ^c   Walsh, Alexander C ^a   LaBree, Laurie D ^c   Sadda, Srinivas R ^a  

^a DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Center for Advanced Eye Care   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA NERVE FIBER LAYER; THICKNESS; VARIANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 34547201948     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.10.061     Document Type: Article

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