Identification of early glaucoma cases with the scanning laser ophthalmoscope11The authors have no proprietary interest in the development or marketing of this or a competing instrument.
OphthalmologyPublished 1 August 1998
G Wollstein, David F. Garway‐Heath, Roger A. Hitchings
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The HRT, using the technique of linear regression to account for the relationship between optic disc size and rim area or cup-disc area ratio, provides good separation between control subjects and patients with early glaucoma in this population.
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The HRT, using the technique of linear regression to account for the relationship between optic disc size and rim area or cup-disc area ratio, provides good separation between control subjects and patients with early glaucoma in this population.
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