Corneal hysteresis but not corneal thickness correlates with optic nerve surface compliance in glaucoma patients

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3262-3268

  Wells, Anthony P ^a,b   Garway Heath, David F ^c   Poostchi, Ali ^a   Wong, Tracey ^b   Chan, Kenneth C Y ^b   Sachdev, Nisha ^b  

^a Capital Eye Specialists   (New Zealand)

^b WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL HYSTERESIS; CORNEAL THICKNESS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EYE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPTIC DISK CUP; OPTIC NERVE LESION; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CORNEA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

COMPLIANCE; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 49049107379     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1556     Document Type: Article

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