Scanning laser polarimetry in normal subjects and patients with myopia

AIMS To examine the changes in the retinal nerve fibre layer (NFL) thickness with age and myopia in normal population. METHODS Retinal nerve fibre layer thickness was measured with a scanning laser polarimeter (NFA-I) in 180 normal subjects of varying age (range 7–83 years) and in 110 eyes of 85 pat...

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Published in:British journal of ophthalmology 2000-03, Vol.84 (3), p.264-267
Main Authors: Özdek, Sengül C, Önol, Merih, Gürelik, Gökhan, Hasanreisoglu, Berati
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Age Factors
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Case-Control Studies
Child
Confidence intervals
Defects
Glaucoma
Humans
Lasers
Medical sciences
Microscopy, Confocal
Middle Aged
myopia
Myopia - pathology
Ophthalmology
Original articles - Clinical science
Ratios
Regression Analysis
Retina - anatomy & histology
Retina - pathology
scanning laser polarimeter
Studies
Vision disorders
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Summary:AIMS To examine the changes in the retinal nerve fibre layer (NFL) thickness with age and myopia in normal population. METHODS Retinal nerve fibre layer thickness was measured with a scanning laser polarimeter (NFA-I) in 180 normal subjects of varying age (range 7–83 years) and in 110 eyes of 85 patients with myopia of varying degrees (range −1.00 to −15.00D). They were all voluntary Anatolian people. Superior to nasal (S/N), inferior to nasal (I/N), and the superior to inferior (S/I) ratios were used for the assessment of retinal NFL thickness. RESULTS The mean superior NFL ratio was 2.96 and the mean inferior NFL ratio was 2.93 in normal subjects. There was a gradual decrease in NFL ratio with increasing age (simple regression analysis, p
ISSN:0007-1161
1468-2079
DOI:10.1136/bjo.84.3.264