Lamina cribrosa and peripapillary sclera histomorphometry in normal and advanced glaucomatous chinese eyes with various axial length

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2175-2184

  Ren, Ruojin ^a   Wang, Ningli ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Li, Liaoqing ^a   Gao, Fei ^a   Xu, Xiaolin ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHINESE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINA CRIBROSA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINX; MORPHOMETRICS; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERA; THICKNESS; ASIAN; CHINA; EYE; HISTOLOGY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHINA; EYE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; SCLERA;

EID: 65549113454     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1429     Document Type: Article

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