Central corneal thickness and progression of the visual field and optic disc in glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1008-1012

  Chauhan, Balwantry C ^a   Hutchison, D M ^a   LeBlanc, R P ^a   Artes, P H ^a   Nicolela, M T ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED PERIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 23144435771     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.062927     Document Type: Article

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