Three-dimensional nature of retinal nerve fiber layer defects

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 592-597

  Asrani, Sanjay G ^a   Singh, Inder Paul ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

nerve fiber layer; stereophotographs; training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINAL NERVE FIBER DEFECT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 78650482035     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181ca7fb6     Document Type: Article

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