Intraocular pressure reduction in normal-tension glaucoma patients in South Korea

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 355-361

  Ma, Kyoung Tak ^a   Kim, Chan Yun ^b   Seong, Gong Je ^c   Lee, Seung Hyuck ^d   Park, Jong Woon ^e   Ha, Seung Joo ^f   Cho, Byung Joo ^g   Stewart, Jeanette A ^h   Kristoffersen, Michael S ^h   Nelson, Lindsay A ^h   Stewart, William C ^h  

^a Siloan Eye Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei Plus Eye Center   (South Korea)

^e National Health Insurance Corporation   (South Korea)

^f Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

^h University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraocular pressure; Normal tension glaucoma; Progression; Risk factor; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED GLAUCOMA INTERVENTION STUDY VISUAL FIELD SCORING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC DISK CUP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH KOREA; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 82955164378     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: 15732630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-011-9463-7     Document Type: Article

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