Effect of cataract surgery on retinal nerve fiber layer thickness parameters using scanning laser polarimetry (GDxVCC)

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 389-393

  Dada, Tanuj ^a   Behera, Geeta ^a   Agarwal, Anand ^a   Kumar, Sanjeev ^a   Sihota, Ramanjit ^a   Panda, Anita ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Birefringence; cataract; glaucoma; scanning laser polarimeter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINA; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; BIREFRINGENCE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINA; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY;

EID: 77955905073     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.67048     Document Type: Article

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