Performance of colour Doppler imaging discriminating normal tension glaucoma from healthy eyes

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 164-170

  Plange, N ^a   Kaup, M ^a   Weber, A ^a   Harris, A ^b   Arend, K O ^c   Remky, A ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Eye Center Alsdorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler imaging; Normal tension glaucoma; Ocular blood flow; Receiver operating characteristics; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CILIARY ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL TENSION GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

EID: 58249097159     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702943     Document Type: Article

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