Myopia affects retinal nerve fiber layer measurements as determined by optical coherence tomography

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 501-505

  Rauscher, Frederick M ^a   Sekhon, Navneet ^a   Feuer, William J ^a   Budenz, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Myopia; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal nerve fiber layer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTOMETRY; RETINA NERVE CELL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; NERVE FIBERS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 70349736463     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e318193c2be     Document Type: Article

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