Keratometry, optic disc dimensions, and degree and progression of glaucomatous optic nerve damage

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 206-212

  Jonas, Jost B ^a,b,d   Stroux, Andrea ^c   Martus, Peter ^c   Budde, Wido ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Keratometry; Optic disc; Optic nerve head

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORNEA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PERIMETRY; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33745251115     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000212209.25642.01     Document Type: Article

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