Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measurements with scanning laser polarimetry predict glaucomatous visual field loss

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 592-601

  Mohammadi, Kourosh ^a   Bowd, Christopher ^a   Weinreb, Robert N ^a   Medeiros, Felipe A ^a   Sample, Pamela A ^a   Zangwill, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE FIBER; PARAMETER; POLARIMETRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA NERVE FIBER LAYER; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 7044226132     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.05.072     Document Type: Article

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