Does reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP) prevent visual field loss in glaucoma?

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 1983, Pages 705-710

  Cockburn, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Treatment of glaucoma; Visual field prognosis

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; THERAPY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROGNOSIS; RISK; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0020616805     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-198308000-00009     Document Type: Article

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