Effect of cataract and its removal on signal strength and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer optical coherence tomography measurements

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-43

  Mwanza, Jean C ^a   Bhorade, Anjali M ^a   Sekhon, Navneet ^a   McSoley, John J ^a   Yoo, Sonia H ^a   Feuer, William J ^a   Budenz, Donald L ^a  

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

Author keywords

cataract; glaucoma; optical coherence tomography; peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness; signal strength

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIPAPILLARY RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THICKNESS;

AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 78651454110     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181ccb93b     Document Type: Article

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