Posterior pole retinal thickness in ocular hypertension and glaucoma: Early changes detected by hemispheric asymmetries

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 375-383

  Salgarello, Tommaso ^a   Colotto, Alberto ^a   Valente, Paola ^a   Petrocelli, Gianni ^a   Galan, Maria Elena ^a   Scullica, Luigi ^a   Falsini, Benedetto ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Ocular hypertension; Posterior segment; Retinal thickness; Scanning laser

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; THICKNESS; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PERIMETRY; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 25644444458     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000176933.14229.fc     Document Type: Article

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