Retinal nerve fibre layer measurements and optic nerve head analysis in multiple sclerosis patients

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 407-412

  Iester, M ^a   Cioli, F ^b   Uccelli, A ^b   Papadia, M ^a   Bandini, F ^b   Mancardi, G L ^b   Calabria, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Optic neuritis; Retinal nerve fibre layer; Scanning laser polarimetry; Scanning laser tomography; Visual evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DATA BASE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NEURITIS; POLARIMETRY; RETINAL NERVE FIBER; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ALGORITHM; CELL DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CELL DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 60149099346     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6703013     Document Type: Article

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