Retinal nerve fiber loss in high- and normal-tension glaucoma by optical coherence tomography

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 369-372

  Mok, Kwok Hei ^a,b   Lee, Vincent Wing Hong ^a,b   So, Kwok Fai ^b  

^a Hong Kong Adventist Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; High tension glaucoma; Normal tension glaucoma; Optic nerve imaging; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal nerve fiber layer

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ERROR ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; REFRACTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EYES; NORMAL-TENSION GLAUCOMA (NTG); OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT); RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYERS (RNFL);

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE LESION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; THICKNESS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 2542590199     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000134911.36521.b4     Document Type: Article

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