Symmetry of the pupillary light reflex and its relationship to retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and visual field defect

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5596-5601

  Chang, Dolly S ^a,b   Boland, Michael V ^a,c   Arora, Karun S ^a   Supakontanasan, Wasu ^d   Chen, Bei Bei ^a   Friedman, David S ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Pupillary light reflex; RAPD; Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness; Visual field

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCULAR STIMULI; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; PUPILLOMETER; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

GLAUCOMA; PUPILLARY LIGHT REFLEX; RAPD; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PUPIL; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84882740155     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12142     Document Type: Article

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