Premise and prediction-how optic nerve head biomechanics underlies the susceptibility and clinical behavior of the aged optic nerve head

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 318-328

  Burgoyne, Claude F ^a   Downs, J Crawford ^a,b  

^a DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Biomechanic; Glaucoma; Optic nerve head

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GLAUCOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MORPHOMETRICS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SCLERA; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; AXONS; BIOMECHANICS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 47749120638     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31815a343b     Document Type: Review

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