Detection of retinal nerve fiber layer degeneration in patients with Alzheimer's disease using optical coherence tomography: Searching new biomarkers

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2014, Pages e581-e582

  Bambo, Maria P ^a   Garcia Martin, Elena ^a,b   Pinilla, Juan ^a   Herrero, Raquel ^a   Satue, Maria ^a   Otin, Sofia ^a   Fuertes, Isabel ^a   Marques, Marcia L ^c   Pablo, Luís E ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Genética Ocular   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE DEGENERATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER DEGENERATION; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VERY ELDERLY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84927169766     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12374     Document Type: Letter

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