Retinal nerve fiber layer measures in high- and normal-tension glaucoma

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 538-542

  Konstantakopoulou, Evgenia ^a,c   Reeves, Barnaby C ^b   Fenerty, Cecilia ^a   Harper, Robert A ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Normal tension glaucoma; Optical coherence tomography; Primary open angle glaucoma; Retinal nerve fiber layer

Indexed keywords

GLAUCOMA; NORMAL TENSION GLAUCOMA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER;

DEFECTS; FIBERS; LOCATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

COHERENT LIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA NERVE CELL; THICKNESS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 49649107852     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31817dad6a     Document Type: Article

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