Central corneal thickness and vascular risk factors in normal tension glaucoma

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-195

  Doyle, Aoife ^a   Bensaid, Ahmed ^a   Lachkar, Yves ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; Normal tension glaucoma; Vascular risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CODING; PERIMETRY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 17644427355     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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