Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness changes after an acute increase in intraocular pressure

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2117-2122

  Iester, Michele ^a,b,c,d   Tizte, Patrick ^a,b   Mermoud, André ^a,b  

^a Hopital Ophtalmique Jules Gonin ^*  (Italy)

^b HÔPITAL OPHTALMIQUE JULES GONIN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DEVICE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPROTECTION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THICKNESS; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PERIMETRY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUCTION;

EID: 0036919574     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(02)01482-7     Document Type: Article

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