Longitudinal measurement variability of corneal birefringence and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in scanning laser polarimetry with variable corneal compensation

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1359-1364

  Mai, Thê Anh ^a   Lemij, Hans G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CALCULATION; CORNEA; EYE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE FIBER; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; THICKNESS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIREFRINGENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMOSCOPES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 54049136079     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.10.1359     Document Type: Article

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