Ophthalmology
Volume 114, Issue 6 , Pages 1046-1052 , June 2007

Determinants of Normal Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Measured by Stratus OCT

  • Donald L. Budenz, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Donald L. Budenz, MD, MPH, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, 900 NW 17th Street, Miami, FL 33136.
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  • Douglas R. Anderson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
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  • Rohit Varma, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Doheny Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
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  • Joel Schuman, MD

      Affiliations

    • New England Eye Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
    • Dr Schuman is currently at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    • Dr Schuman is a co–patent holder of the optical coherence tomography technology.
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  • Louis Cantor, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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  • Jonathan Savell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Valley EyeCare Center, Pleasanton, California.
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  • David S. Greenfield, MD

      Affiliations

    • Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
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  • Vincent Michael Patella, OD

      Affiliations

    • Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, California.
    • Dr Patella is an employee of Carl Zeiss Meditec.
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  • Harry A. Quigley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Wilmer Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
    • Dr Quigley is a consultant for Carl Zeiss Meditec.
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  • James Tielsch, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

Received 29 March 2006 ,Accepted 14 August 2006.

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 Manuscript no. 2006-381.

 Collection of the normative database used in this study was supported by a grant from Carl Zeiss Meditec. The study also was supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, New York.

PII: S0161-6420(06)01280-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.08.046

Ophthalmology
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