Differences in the region- and depth-dependent microstructural organization in normal versus glaucomatous human posterior sclerae

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 7922-7932

  Danford, Forest L ^a   Yan, Dongmei ^a   Dreier, Robert A ^a   Cahir, Thomas M ^a   Girkin, Christopher A ^b   Geest, Jonathan P Vande ^a,c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Dependent; Depth; Glaucoma; Glaucomatous; Human; Microstructure; Nonglaucomatous; POAG; Region; Sclera

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHOROID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; OPTICAL DEPTH; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; SCLERA; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL FIELD;

BIOMECHANICS; DEPENDENT; DEPTH; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMATOUS; HUMAN; MICROSTRUCTURE; NONGLAUCOMATOUS; POAG; REGION; SCLERA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTIC DISK; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SCLERA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889579149     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12262     Document Type: Article

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