The value of intraocular pressure asymmetry in diagnosing glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 215-218

  Williams, Alice L ^a   Gatla, Srinivas ^b,d   Leiby, Benjamin E ^c   Fahmy, Iman ^e   Biswas, Amitava ^f   De Barros, Daniela M ^k   Ramakrishnan, Rengappa ^g   Bhardwaj, Suruchi ^a   Wright, Carrie ^a   Dubey, Suneeta ^h   Lynch, Jorge F ^l   Bayer, Atilla ^m   Khandelwal, Rekha ⁱ   Ichhpujani, Parul ^j   Gheith, Moataz ^e   Siam, Ghada ^e   Feldman, Robert M ⁿ   Henderer, Jeffrey D ^a   Spaeth, George L ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ashford Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

^f Sunetra Family Eye Care Centre   (India)

^g ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^h Dr Shroff Charity Eye Hospital   (India)

ⁱ NKP SALVE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^j GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^k SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^l Centro de Ojos la Plata   (Argentina)

^m GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Diagnosis; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 84874935248     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e318237bfb8     Document Type: Article

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