Torsion of the optic nerve head is a prominent feature of normal-tension glaucoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 156-163

  Park, Hae Young L ^a,b   Lee, Kee Il ^a,b   Lee, Kook ^a,b   Shin, Hye Young ^a,c   Park, Chan Kee ^a,b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Uijungbu St Mary s Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Myopia; Normal tension glaucoma; Optic disc torsion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORPHOLOGY; MYOPIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE HEAD TILT; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TILTING; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TORSION ABNORMALITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TORSION ABNORMALITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84920878815     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12327     Document Type: Article

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