Effect of myopia on the thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer measured by cirrus HD optical coherence tomography

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4075-4083

  Kang, Shin Hee ^a,b   Hong, Seung Woo ^a,c   Im, Seong Kyu ^a,d   Lee, Sang Hyup ^a,e   Ahn, Myung Douk ^c  

^a Armed Forces Capital Hospital of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^d Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA NERVE CELL LAYER THICKNESS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC DISK; PATHOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955906560     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4737     Document Type: Article

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