Comparison of localized retinal nerve fiber layer defects between a low-teen intraocular pressure group and a high-teen intraocular pressure group in normal-tension glaucoma patients

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 293-296

  Kim, Dong Myung ^a   Seo, Je Hyun ^a   Kim, Seok Hwan ^a   Hwang, Seung Sik ^b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Intraocular pressure; Localized retinal nerve fiber layer defect; Normal tension glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA NERVE FIBER LAYER; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AGED; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34247222140     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31803bda3d     Document Type: Article

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