Glaucomatous disease in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-246

  Chang, Ta C ^a,b   Singh, Kuldev ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Hydrocephalus; Neural susceptibility; Neurodegenerative

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 65649100483     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31817eedf9     Document Type: Article

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