Macular sub-layer thinning and association with pulmonary function tests in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Simonett, Joseph M ^a   Huang, Russell ^a   Siddique, Nailah ^a   Farsiu, Sina ^b   Siddique, Teepu ^a   Volpe, Nicholas J ^a   Fawzi, Amani A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84978173584     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep29187     Document Type: Article

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