Optic disc hemorrhages in glaucoma and ocular hypertension: Implications and recommendations

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-94

  Uhler, Tara A ^a   Piltz Seymour, Jody ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Glaucoma Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Disc hemorrhage; Glaucoma progression; Ocular hypertension treatment study; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

BLEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EYE SURGERY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISC HEMORRHAGE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRABECULECTOMY;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 40049085605     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3282f3e6bc     Document Type: Review

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