Number of ganglion cells in glaucoma eyes compared with threshold visual field tests in the same persons

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 741-748

  Kerrigan Baumrind, Lisa A ^a   Quigley, Harry A ^a,b   Pease, Mary E ^a   Kerrigan, Danielle F ^a   Mitchell, Rebecca S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXONS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; PERIMETRY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0034013821     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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