Peripheral Resolution for Achromatic and SWS Gratings in Early to Moderate Glaucoma and the Implications for Selective Ganglion Cell Density Loss

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4780-4786

  Beirne, Raymond O ^a   Logan, Joanne F J ^b   Zlatkova, Margarita B ^a   Jackson, A Jonathan ^b   Rankin, Simon J A ^b   Demirel, Shaban ^c   Anderson, Roger S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CELL COUNT; CONES (RETINA); GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0142139217     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-1072     Document Type: Article

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