The optic nerve head in normal-tension glaucoma

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 116-120

  Tomita, Goji ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPTIC DISK;

EID: 0034022726     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-200004000-00009     Document Type: Review

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