Assessment of corneal biomechanical properties in normal tension glaucoma and comparison with open-angle glaucoma, ocular hypertension, and normal eyes

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 486-489

  Grise Dulac, Alice ^a   Saad, Alain ^a   Abitbol, Olivia ^a   Febbraro, Jean Luc ^a   Azan, Elodie ^a   Moulin Tyrode, Christine ^a   Gatinel, Damien ^a  

^a Cataract and Refractive Surgery Department   (France)

Author keywords

corneal resistance factor; hysteresis; normal tension glaucoma; ocular response analyser

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA COMPENSATED INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; CORNEA HYSTERESIS; CORNEA RESISTANCE FACTOR; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GOLDMANN APPLANATION TONOMETRY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOMETRY; ULTRASONIC CENTRAL CORNEA THICKNESS; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORNEA; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 84865977479     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e318220daf0     Document Type: Article

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