Retinal nerve fibre layer assessment in myopic glaucomatous eyes: Comparison of GDx variable corneal compensation with GDx enhanced corneal compensation

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1377-1381

  Morishita, S ^a   Tanabe, T ^a,b   Yu, S ^a   Hangai, M ^a   Ojima, T ^a   Aikawa, H ^a   Yoshimura, N ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; PERIMETRY; POLARIMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISION;

ADULT; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NERVE FIBERS; PERIMETRY; RETINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 53649105594     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.134080     Document Type: Article

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