Target intraocular pressure for stability of visual field loss progression in normal-tension glaucoma

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-123

  Aoyama, Akira ^a   Ishida, Kyoko ^a,b   Sawada, Akira ^a   Yamamoto, Tetsuya ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU PREFECTURAL GIFU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Normal tension glaucoma; Target intraocular pressure; Trabeculectomy; Visual field deterioration

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; ALKYLATING AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TRABECULECTOMY; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77953249803     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-009-0779-z     Document Type: Article

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