Foveal dysfunction and central visual field loss in glaucoma

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1169-1174

  Weiner, Asher ^a   Ripkin, Douglas J ^a,b   Patel, Sangita ^a   Kaufman, Stephen R ^a   Kohn, Howard D ^a   Weidenthal, Daniel T ^a  

^a St Luke's Hospital Cleveland   (United States)

^b Northeast Ohio Eye Surgeons   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC DISK CUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0032464573     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.9.1169     Document Type: Article

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