Optic disc tilt direction determines the location of initial glaucomatous damage

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4991-4998

  Choi, Jin A ^a   Park, Hae Young Lopilly ^b   Shin, Hye Young ^c   Park, Chan Kee ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Disc tilt; Disc torsion; Optic disc; Retinal nerve fiber layer defect; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

DISC TILT; DISC TORSION; OPTIC DISC; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER DEFECT; SUSCEPTIBILITY;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS;

EID: 84906052515     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-14663     Document Type: Article

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