Corneal thickness and visual field damage in glaucoma patients

Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 943-947

  Papadia, M ^a   Sofianos, C ^a   Iester, M ^a   Bricola, G ^a   Mete, M ^a   Traverso, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERIMETRY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 34447319096     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702350     Document Type: Article

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