Diagnostic Capability of Scanning Laser Polarimetry with Variable Cornea Compensator in Indian Patients with Early Primary Open-angle Glaucoma

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Parikh, Rajul S ^a   Parikh, Shefali R ^a   Kumar, Rajesh S ^b   Prabakaran, S ^a   Babu, J Gansesh ^a   Thomas, Ravi ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45849148894     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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