Quantitative estimation of retinal nerve fiber layer height in glaucoma and the relationship with optic nerve head topography and visual field

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 221-230

  Eid, Tarek M ^a,b   Spaeth, George L ^a   Katz, L Jay ^a   Azuara Blanco, Augusto ^a   Agusburger, James ^a   Nicholl, Jamie ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Nerve fiber layer; Optic nerve head; Tomography; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0030783808     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-199708000-00006     Document Type: Article

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