Comparative studies of RNFL thickness measured by OCT with global index of visual fields in patients with ocular hypertension and early open angle glaucoma

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 373-379

  Taliantzis, Sergios ^a   Papaconstantinou, Dimitris ^a   Koutsandrea, Chrysanthi ^a   Moschos, Michalis ^a   Apostolopoulos, Michalis ^a   Georgopoulos, Gerasimos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; OCT; Ocular hypertension; RNFL thickness; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; RETINA; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 73949145532     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/opth.s6150     Document Type: Article

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