Relationship between cup-disc ratio and optic disc diameter: The blue mountains eye study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Healey, P R ^a   Mitchell, P ^a   Smith, W ^a   Wang, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cup disc ratio; Epidemiology; Glaucoma; Optic disc; Optic nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC DISK CUP; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0030754476     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1997.tb01771.x     Document Type: Article

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