The prevalence of optic disc pits and their relationship to glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-14

  Healey, Paul R ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical; Cup disc ratio; Epidemiology; Glaucoma; Human; Lamina cribrosa; Ophthalmology; Optic disc; Optic disk; Optic nerve; Population study; Prevalence; Sydney; University

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; OPTIC DISK; PREVALENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 40049088453     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e318133fc34     Document Type: Article

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