Evaluation of peripapillary choroidal thickness in unilateral normal-tension glaucoma

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-67

  Suh, Wool ^a   Cho, Hyun Kyung ^b   Kee, Changwon ^b  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Choroid; Glaucoma; Optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPAPILLARY CHOROIDAL THICKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DISEASE; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER DEFECT; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VISUAL FIELD MEAN DEVIATION; VISUAL FIELD PATTERN STANDARD DEVIATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGE FACTORS; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; CHOROID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84893666044     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: 16132246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-013-0290-4     Document Type: Article

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