Linking structure and function in glaucoma

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 249-271

  Harwerth, R S ^a   Wheat, J L ^a   Fredette, M J ^b   Anderson, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Optical coherence tomography; Perimetry; Retinal ganglion cells; Retinal nerve fiber layer; Structure function

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGING; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLAUCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVIEW; THICKNESS; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTIC DISK; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PERIMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77953360892     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2010.02.001     Document Type: Review

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