Comparison of Optic Disk and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Nonglaucomatous and Glaucomatous Patients With High Myopia

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 858-860

  Melo, Gustavo B ^a   Libera, Rodrigo D ^a   Barbosa, Aline S ^a   Pereira, Lia M G ^a   Doi, Larissa M ^a   Melo Jr , Luiz A S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; GLAUCOMA; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS; MYOPIA, DEGENERATIVE; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 33750064852     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.05.022     Document Type: Article

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