Correlating RNFL thickness by OCT with perimetric sensitivity in glaucoma patients

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-101

  Wheat, Joe L ^a,b   Rangaswamy, Nalini V ^a   Harwerth, Ronald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

glaucoma; optical coherence tomography; perimetry; retinal ganglion cells; retinal nerve fiber layer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIKARYON; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AXONS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84857194872     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31820bcfbe     Document Type: Article

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