Severity of optic nerve damage in eyes with POAG is correlated with changes in the trabecular meshwork

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-132

  Gottanka, Johannes ^a   Johnson, Douglas H ^b   Martus, Peter ^a   Lütjen Drecoll, Elke ^a,c  

^a Department of Anatomy II ^*  (Germany)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axon counts; Optic nerve; Primary open angle glaucoma; Sheath derived plaque; Trabecular meshwork

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0030942119     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-199704000-00009     Document Type: Article

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