Postural response of intraocular pressure and visual field damage in patients with untreated normal-tension glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 191-193

  Kiuchi, Takahiro ^a   Motoyama, Yuta ^b   Oshika, Tetsuro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intraocular pressure; Normal tension glaucoma; Postural change; Visual field damage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 79952066034     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181a98f30     Document Type: Article

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