Staging Functional Damage in Glaucoma: Review of Different Classification Methods

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-179

  Brusini, Paolo ^a   Johnson, Chris A ^b  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic open angle glaucoma; functional loss classification; perimetry; staging methods; standard automated perimetry; visual field defect; visual field loss characteristics

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; PERIMETRY; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33847625464     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2006.12.008     Document Type: Review

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