Clinical characteristics and prognostic significance of disc hemorrhage in open-angle and angle-closure glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 483-487

  Hsieh, Jui Wen ^a,b,c   Lan, Yu Wen ^a,c   Wang, I Jong ^a   Sun, Fang Ju ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cup to disc ratio; disc hemorrhage; poor prognostic sign; visual field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; PROGNOSIS; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77957554812     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181b6e5ea     Document Type: Article

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