In vivo morphometry of the lamina cribrosa and its relation to visual field loss in glaucoma

Current Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-369

  Fontana, L ^a,b,c   Bhandari, A ^a,b   Fitzke, F W ^a   Hitchings, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Lamina cribrosa; Morphometry; Scanning laser opthalmoscope; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0031955650     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713689808951216     Document Type: Article

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