Myopia and glaucoma: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 96-101

  Chang, Robert T ^a   Singh, Kuldev ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Myopia; Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MYOPIA; NERVE FIBER; PERIMETRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MYOPIA; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84876263621     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: 15317021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32835cef31     Document Type: Review

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