Preservation of myelinated nerve fibres in advanced glaucoma

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 473-478

  Toh, Tze'Yo ^a   Ruddle, Jonathan B ^a   Coote, Michael A ^a   Crowston, Jonathan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED GLAUCOMA; CASE REPORT; CORNEA THICKNESS; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LETTER; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AXONS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 79960267134     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02511.x     Document Type: Letter

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