Retinal nerve fibre layer measurements are reduced in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 575-579

  Kargi, Sebnem H ^a,b   Altin, R ^a   Koksal, M ^a   Kart, L ^a   Cinar, F ^a   Ugurbas, S H ^a   Ayoglu, F ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE DISEASE; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLARIMETER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETINA NERVE CELL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLIT LAMP; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THICKNESS; TONOMETRY; VASOSPASM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 19044364623     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701582     Document Type: Article

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