Association of retinal nerve fibre layer thickness measured by confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy and optical coherence tomography with disc size and axial length

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-190

  Nagai Kusuhara, A ^a   Nakamura, M ^a   Fujioka, M ^a   Tatsumi, Y ^a   Negi, A ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 38949209537     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.127480     Document Type: Article

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