American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 149, Issue 5 , Pages 817-825.e1 , May 2010

Structure–Function Correlations Using Scanning Laser Polarimetry in Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma

  • Pei-Jung Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Catherine Jui-Ling Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Robert Wojciechowski

      Affiliations

    • Inherited Disease Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Joan E. Bailey-Wilson

      Affiliations

    • Inherited Disease Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Ching-Yu Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Inherited Disease Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries to Ching-Yu Cheng, Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201 Shih-Pai Road Section 2, Taipei, Taiwan

,Accepted 1 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.12.007

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 149, Issue 5 , Pages 817-825.e1 , May 2010

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