Five rules to evaluate the optic disc and retinal nerve fiber layer for glaucoma

Optometry

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 661-668

  Fingeret, Murray ^a,b,e   Medeiros, Felipe A ^c   Susanna Jr , Remo ^d   Weinreb, Robert N ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Optic disc; Optic disc hemorrhages; Optic nerve; Retinal nerve fiber layer

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344464119     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optm.2005.08.029     Document Type: Review

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