Scanning laser polarimetry with enhanced corneal compensation in patients with open-angle glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-29

  Saito, Hitomi ^a   Tomidokoro, Atsuo ^a,b   Yanagisawa, Mieko ^a   Aihara, Makoto ^a   Tomita, Goji ^a   Araie, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

GDx with enhanced corneal compensation; GDx with variable corneal compensation; Open angle glaucoma; Scanning laser polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PARAMETER; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

BIREFRINGENCE; CORNEA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 40049084162     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e318133fb47     Document Type: Article

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