Impact of Atypical Retardation Patterns on Detection of Glaucoma Progression using the GDx with Variable Corneal Compensation

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Medeiros, Felipe A ^a   Alencar, Luciana M ^a,b   Zangwill, Linda M ^a   Sample, Pamela A ^a   Susanna Jr , Remo ^b   Weinreb, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORNEA; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; AXONS; BIREFRINGENCE; CORNEA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LASERS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 67349172592     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.01.021     Document Type: Article

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