Diurnal variation of intraocular pressure in suspected glaucoma patients and their outcome

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1851-1857

  Tajunisah, I ^a   Reddy, S C ^a   Fathilah, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Glaucoma suspects; Intraocular pressure; Normal tension glaucoma; Ocular hypertension; Open angle glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 36348998558     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-007-0681-7     Document Type: Article

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