Prevalence and Significance of Optic Disc Hemorrhage in a Longitudinal Study of Glaucoma

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 545-550

  Diehl, D L Chris ^a   Quigley, Harry A ^a   Miller, Neil R ^a   Sommer, Alfred ^a   Burney, Edward N ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALTIMORE; COHORT STUDIES; EYE HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NERVE FIBERS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0025306144     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1990.01070060093056     Document Type: Article

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