Fluorescein filling defects of the optic nerve head in normal tension glaucoma, primary open-angle glaucoma, ocular hypertension and healthy controls

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-32

  Plange, Niklas ^a   Kaup, Marion ^a   Huber, Klaudia ^a   Remky, Andreas ^a   Arend, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b Augenzentrum Alsdorf ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Absolute filling defects; Fluorescein angiography; Normal tension glaucoma; Primary open angle glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRIMONIDINE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; FLUORESCEIN; PILOCARPINE; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33645111380     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2005.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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