Does the enlargement of retinal nerve fiber layer defects relate to disc hemorrhage or progressive visual field loss in normal-tension glaucoma?

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-195

  Nitta, Koji ^a   Sugiyama, Kazuhisa ^b   Higashide, Tomomi ^b   Ohkubo, Shinji ^b   Tanahashi, Toshiro ^a   Kitazawa, Yoshiaki ^c  

^a FUKUI KEN SAISEIKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Akasaka Kitazawa Eye Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

deterioration of visual field; enlargement of nerve fiber layer defect; normal tension glaucoma; occurrence of disc hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CELL ENLARGEMENT; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 79952696990     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181e0799c     Document Type: Article

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