Positive correlation between the degree of visual field defect and optic radiation damage in glaucoma patients

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 257-262

  Murai, Hideki ^a,b   Suzuki, Yukihisa ^a,b   Kiyosawa, Motohiro ^a,c   Tokumaru, Aya M ^d   Ishii, Kenji ^b   Mochizuki, Manabu ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Kiyosawa Eye Clinic   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Glaucoma; Optic radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PERIMETER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; OPTIC RADIATION DAMAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINA; SCOTOMA; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84877734051     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: 16132246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-013-0233-0     Document Type: Article

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