Sensitivity and specificity of scanning laser polarimetry using the GDx

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1142-1145

  Munkwitz, S ^a   Funk, J ^a   Loeffler, K U ^b   Harbarth, U ^c   Kremmer, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Laser Diagnostic Technologies Europe   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC DISK; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL FIELD;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4344618519     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.036756     Document Type: Article

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