Asymmetry in intraocular pressure and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in normal-tension glaucoma

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 219-223

  Gugleta, Konstantin ^a   Orgül, Selim ^a   Flammer, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intraocular pressure asymmetry; Normal tension glaucoma; Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; RETINA NERVE CELL;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0032799392     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027425     Document Type: Article

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