The location of the inferior and superior temporal blood vessels and interindividual variability of the retinal nerve fiber layer thickness

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 158-166

  Hood, Donald C ^a,b   Salant, Jennifer A ^b   Arthur, Stella N ^a   Ritch, Robert ^a   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Glaucoma; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; GONIOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA VEIN; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL VEIN; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79952060109     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181af31ec     Document Type: Article

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