Evaluation of retinal nerve fiber layer and ganglion cell layer thickness in Alzheimer's disease using spectral- domain optical coherence tomography

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5953-5958

  Marziani, Ermengarda ^a   Pomati, Simone ^a   Ramolfo, Paola ^a   Cigada, Mario ^a   Giani, Andrea ^a   Mariani, Claudio ^a   Staurenghi, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Gcl; Rnfl; Sd oct

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCULOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; GCL; RNFL; SD-OCT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84883625197     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12046     Document Type: Article

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