Corneal Thickness Measurement in the Management of Primary Open-angle Glaucoma. A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1779-1787

  Dueker, David K ^a   Singh, Kuldev ^a   Lin, Shan C ^a   Fechtner, Robert D ^a   Minckler, Don S ^a   Samples, John R ^a   Schuman, Joel S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORNEA THICKNESS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORNEA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548215175     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.04.068     Document Type: Review

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