Corneal biomechanical properties in normal-tension glaucoma

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Morita, Tetsuya ^a,b   Shoji, Nobuyuki ^a,b   Kamiya, Kazutaka ^a,b   Fujimura, Fusako ^a,b   Shimizu, Kimiya ^a,b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

corneal biomechanical properties; intraocular pressure; lamina cribrosa; normal tension glaucoma; ocular response analyzer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEAL HYSTERESIS; CORNEAL RESISTANCE FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULAR RESPONSE ANALYZER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84856550365     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02242.x     Document Type: Article

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