Atypical retardation pattern in measurements of scanning laser polarimetry and its relating factors

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1796-1801

  Yanagisawa, M ^a,b   Tomidokoro, A ^a   Saito, H ^a,c   Mayama, C ^a   Aihara, M ^a   Tomita, G ^d   Shoji, N ^b   Araie, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tajimi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^d TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Retinal nerve fibre layer thickness; Scanning laser polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL RETARDATION PATTERN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENHANCED CORNEAL COMPENSATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POLARIMETRY; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; VARIABLE CORNEAL COMPENSATION;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY;

EID: 70349199251     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.365     Document Type: Article

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