Age-related change in retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measured with spectral domain optical coherence tomography

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 8095-8103

  Celebi, Ali Riza Cenk ^a   Mirza, G Ertugrul ^b  

^a Nigde State Hospital Eye Clinic   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Age; Change; Retinal nerve fiber layer; Spectral domain optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

AGE; CHANGE; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890013547     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12634     Document Type: Article

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