New nonlinear multivariable model shows the relationship between central corneal thickness and HRTII topographic parameters in glaucoma patients

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 313-323

  Kourkoutas, Dimitrios ^a,b   Georgopoulos, Gerasimos ^a   Maragos, Antonios ^a   Apostolakis, Ioannis ^a   Tsekouras, George ^d   Karanasiou, Irene S ^c   Papaconstantinou, Dimitrios ^a   Iliakis, Evaggelos ^a   Moschos, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b 417 Army Share Found Hospital   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d HELLENIC NAVAL ACADEMY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Glaucoma; HRT; Optic nerve head

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPTIC NERVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953384873     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/opth.s5032     Document Type: Article

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