The influence of age, sex, race, refractive error and optic disc parameters on the sensitivity and specificity of scanning laser polarimetry

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 419-425

  Costa, Vital P ^a,b,c   Lauande Pimentel, Roberto ^a,b   Fonseca, Roberto A ^a,b   Magacho, Leopoldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Nerve fibre layer; Optic disc; Scanning laser polarimetry; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED PERIMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE LESION; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTOMETRY; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGE FACTORS; BIREFRINGENCE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PERIMETRY; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 4444350966     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1395-3907.2004.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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