What can we learn from the disc appearance about the risk factors in glaucoma?

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 322-327

  Drance, Stephen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disc appearance; Glaucoma; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MYOPIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; OPTIC DISK CUP; PHENOTYPE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING HABIT; STEREORADIOGRAPHY; THYROID DISEASE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47549086706     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/I08-039     Document Type: Article

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