Anatomic changes in Schlemm’s canal and collector channels in normal and primary open-angle glaucoma eyes using low and high perfusion pressures

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5834-5841

  Hann, Cheryl R ^a   Vercnocke, Andrew J ^b   Bentley, Michael D ^c   Jorgensen, Steven M ^b   Fautsch, Michael P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior Segment; Collector Channel; Glaucoma; POAG; Schlemm s Canal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; COLLECTOR CHANNEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PERFUSION PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SCHLEMM CANAL; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ANTERIOR SEGMENT; GLAUCOMA; HISTOLOGY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POAG; SCHLEMM'S CANAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ANTERIOR SEGMENT; COLLECTOR CHANNEL; GLAUCOMA; POAG; SCHLEMM'S CANAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 84908101913     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-14128     Document Type: Article

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