Modeling the effects of aging on retinal ganglion cell density and nerve fiber layer thickness

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-314

  Harwerth, Ronald S ^a   Wheat, Joe L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Optical coherence tomography; Perimetry; Retinal ganglion cells; Retinal nerve fiber layer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AXONS; CELL COUNT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERIMETRY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 38549088432     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-007-0691-5     Document Type: Article

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