The relationship between cup-to-disc ratio and estimated number of retinal ganglion cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3205-3214

  Tatham, Andrew J ^a   Weinreb, Robert N ^a   Zangwill, Linda M ^a   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^b   Girkin, Christopher A ^c   Medeiros, Felipe A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganglion cell; Glaucoma; Optic disc; Optical coherence tomography; Perimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OPTIC DISK CUP; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; STEREORADIOGRAPHY;

GANGLION CELL; GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISC; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CELL COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL FIELD TESTS;

EID: 84877639441     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-11467     Document Type: Article

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