Fluorescein Filling Defects and Quantitative Morphologic Analysis of the Optic Nerve Head in Glaucoma

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-201

  Plange, Niklas ^a   Kaup, Marion ^a   Weber, Anke ^a   Remky, Andreas ^a   Arend, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC DISK CUP; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0842348753     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.2.195     Document Type: Article

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