Laser scanning tomography of the optic nerve head in ocular hypertension and glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 871-876

  Hatch, Wendy V ^a,c   Flanagan, John G ^a,b,c,d   Etchells, Edward E ^b   Williams Lyn, Donna E ^a,c   Trope, Graham E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0030728432     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.10.871     Document Type: Article

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