Comparison of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer and Optic Disc Imaging for Diagnosing Glaucoma in Patients Suspected of Having the Disease

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1340-1346

  Medeiros, Felipe A ^a   Vizzeri, Gianmarco ^a   Zangwill, Linda M ^a   Alencar, Luciana M ^a   Sample, Pamela A ^a   Weinreb, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NERVE FIBER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; POLARIMETER; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 48149087056     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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