Retinal nerve fibre layer thickness in full-term children assessed with Heidelberg retinal tomography and optical coherence tomography: Normal values and interocular asymmetry

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-158

  Larsson, Eva ^a   Eriksson, Urban ^a   Alm, Albert ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Full term; Heidelberg retinal tomography; Interocular asymmetry; Normal values; Optical coherence tomography; Repeatability; Retinal nerve fibre layer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HEIDELBERG RETINAL TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD; THICKNESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79952221459     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01680.x     Document Type: Article

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