The influence of age and intraocular pressure on the optic cup in a normal population

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 274-278

  Healey, Paul R ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a   Smith, Wayne ^b   Wang, Jie Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cup disk ratio; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Optic cup

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK CUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0031444042     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-199710000-00002     Document Type: Article

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