Hypodense regions (holes) in the retinal nerve fiber layer in frequency-domain OCT scans of glaucoma patients and suspects

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 7180-7186

  Xin, Daiyan ^a   Talamini, Christine L ^a   Raza, Ali S ^a   de Moraes, Carlos Gustavo V ^b,c   Greenstein, Vivienne C ^a,c   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^b,c   Ritch, Robert ^b,d   Hood, Donald C ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL DISORDER;

GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 80155199014     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-7716     Document Type: Article

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