Maturation of the Human Fovea: Correlation of Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Findings With Histology

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 779-789.e2

  Vajzovic, Lejla ^a   Hendrickson, Anita E ^c,d   O'Connell, Rachelle V ^a   Clark, Laura A ^a   Tran Viet, Du ^a   Possin, Daniel ^d   Chiu, Stephanie J ^b   Farsiu, Sina ^a,b   Toth, Cynthia A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c Department of Biological Structure ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CELL BODY; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINAL THICKNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; AGED; CYTOLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TERM BIRTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERM BIRTH; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84864797550     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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