Optic disc diameter increases during acute elevations of intraocular pressure

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2313-2316

  Poostchi, Ali ^a,b   Wong, Tracey ^b   Chan, Kenneth C Y ^b   Kedzlie, Lance ^a   Sachdev, Nisha ^b   Nicholas, Simon ^a,b   Garway Heath, David F ^c,d   Wells, Anthony P ^a,b  

^a Capital Eye Specialists   (New Zealand)

^b WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; IRIDOTOMY; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA; TRABECULOPLASTY; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77952481246     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-3756     Document Type: Article

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