Morpho-functional follow-up of the optic nerve in treated ocular hypertension: Disc morphometry and steady-state pattern electroretinogram

Current Eye Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 709-721

  Salgarello, Tommaso ^a   Falsini, Benedetto ^a   Stifano, Giovanna ^a   Montrone, Lucrezia ^a   Iarossi, Giancarlo ^a   Balestrazzi, Emilio ^a   Colotto, Alberto ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy; Ocular hypertension; Optic disc; Pattern electroretinogram; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETAXOLOL; LATANOPROST; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; TIMOLOL MALEATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VISUAL FIELD;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTAGLANDINS F, SYNTHETIC; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 49549102460     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680802277692     Document Type: Article

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