Nerve fibre layer changes in highly myopic eyes by optical coherence tomography

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Schweitzer, Kelly D ^a   Ehmann, David ^b   García, Raúl ^c,d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Saskatchewan Health Authority   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; High myopia; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal nerve fibre layer thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA NERVE CELL;

EID: 66749172273     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3129/i09-058     Document Type: Article

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