Pattern ERG as an early glaucoma indicator in ocular hypertension: A long-term, prospective study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4881-4887

  Bach, Michael ^a   Unsoeld, Anke S ^a   Philippin, Heiko ^a   Staubach, Flemming ^a   Maier, Philip ^a   Walter, Hans S ^b   Bomer, Thomas G ^c   Funk, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b St Vincentius Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^c Ophthalmology Practice   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIC DISK CUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; ROC CURVE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; ROC CURVE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33947188985     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0875     Document Type: Article

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