Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measurement by scanning laser polarimetry (GDxVCC) at conventional and modified diameter scans in normals, glaucoma suspects, and early glaucoma patients

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 448-452

  Dada, Tanuj ^a   Gadia, Ritu ^a   Aggarwal, Anand ^a   Dave, Vivek ^a   Gupta, Viney ^a   Sihota, Ramanjit ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Early glaucoma; GDxVCC; Glaucoma suspect; Observation circle; RNFL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AVERAGE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PARAMETER; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINAL NERVE FIBER; THICKNESS;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 70249089097     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181895e2b     Document Type: Article

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