Morphometric analysis of human peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 941-944

  Cohen, Matan J ^a   Kaliner, Ehud ^a   Frenkel, Shahar ^a   Kogan, Michael ^a   Miron, Hagai ^a   Blumenthal, Eytan Z ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA NERVE CELL; THICKNESS; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE; REFERENCE VALUE; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 41949126795     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0621     Document Type: Article

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