Early glaucoma involves both deep local, and shallow widespread, retinal nerve fiber damage of the Macular region

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 632-649

  Hood, Donald C ^a   Slobodnick, Anastasia ^a,b,c   Raza, Ali S ^a   de Moraes, Carlos Gustavo ^b,c   Teng, Christopher C ^b,d   Ritch, Robert ^b,d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Optic disc; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal nerve fiber layer; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE INJURY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISC; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER; VISUAL FIELDS;

AGED; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SCOTOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84893239233     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13130     Document Type: Article

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