Altering the way the optic nerve head responds to intraocular pressure - A potential approach to glaucoma therapy

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-89

  Strouthidis, Nicholas G ^a,b   Girard, Michael J A ^c  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE DURATION; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTION; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE HEAD; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RISK REDUCTION; SCLERA; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 84871274786     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: 14714973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2012.09.001     Document Type: Review

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