Choroidal thickness and primary open-angle glaucoma: A cross-sectional study and meta-analysis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6007-6014

  Wang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Xiulan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Choroidal thickness; Optical coherence tomography; Primary open angle glaucoma

Indexed keywords

A SCAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CHOROIDAL THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MACULAR THICKNESS; META ANALYSIS; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RETINA FOVEA; SLIT LAMP; SUBFOVEAL CHOROIDAL THICKNESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THICKNESS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VITREOUS BODY; AGED; ASIAN; CHOROID; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA; RETINA MACULA LUTEA;

CHOROIDAL THICKNESS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; CHOROID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84908083041     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-14996     Document Type: Article

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