Evaluation of peripapillary choroidal thickness in patients with normal-tension glaucoma

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hirooka, Kazuyuki ^a   Tenkumo, Kaori ^a   Fujiwara, Atsushi ^a   Baba, Tetsuya ^a   Sato, Shino ^a   Shiraga, Fumio ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography; Normal tension glaucoma; Peripapillary choroidal thickness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; CHOROID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84864191120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-12-29     Document Type: Article

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