Non-contact in vivo confocal scanning laser microscopy in exfoliation syndrome, exfoliation syndrome suspect and normal eyes

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 241-247

  Sbeity, Zaher ^a,b   Palmiero, Pat Michael ^a,b   Tello, Celso ^a,b   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^a,c,d   Ritch, Robert ^a,b  

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

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

exfoliation syndrome; exfoliation syndrome suspects; hyperreflective deposits; non contact confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR LENS CAPSULE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; IRIS DISEASE; LENS DISEASE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUPIL;

AGED; CORNEAL DISEASES; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS DISEASES; LENS DISEASES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79954996477     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01678.x     Document Type: Article

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