Central and paracentral corneal pachymetry in patients with normal tension glaucoma and ocular hypertension

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-182

  Jordan, Jens F ^a   Joergens, Silke ^b   Dinslage, Sven ^a   Dietlein, Thomas S ^a   Krieglstein, Günter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Normal tension glaucoma; Ocular hypertension; Orbscan; Pachymetric topography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; PACHOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; TONOMETER; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 33644507412     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0053-0     Document Type: Article

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