Early diagnosis in glaucoma

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 173, Issue , 2008, Pages 47-57

  Garway Heath, David F ^a,b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

diagnosis; glaucoma; imaging; likelihood ratio; perimetry; probability

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDITY; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 53049101880     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)01105-9     Document Type: Review

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