Increased long-term measurement variability with scanning laser polarimetry employing enhanced corneal compensation: An early sign of glaucoma progression

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 571-577

  Tóth, Márta ^a   Holló, Gábor ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

GDx ECC; Glaucoma; Progression; Scanning laser polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DISEASE COURSE; EYE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; THICKNESS; VISION TEST; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; BIREFRINGENCE; FOLLOW UP; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AGED; AXONS; BIREFRINGENCE; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 58149339946     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181650fa1     Document Type: Article

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