Rates of Progressive Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Loss in Glaucoma Measured by Scanning Laser Polarimetry

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 908-915

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED PERIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETINA NERVE CELL; VISUAL FIELD;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BIREFRINGENCE; COHORT STUDIES; CORNEA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PERIMETRY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROC CURVE; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77952548225     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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