Implications of optic disc tilt in the progression of primary open-angle glaucoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6925-6931

  Lee, Jong Eun ^a   Sung, Kyung Rim ^a   Lee, Jin Young ^a   Park, Ji Min ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Myopia; Optic disc tilt; Progression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; DISEASE COURSE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLDMANN APPLANATION TONOMETER; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLIT LAMP; TORSION; COMPLICATION; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MYOPIA; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL FIELD;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; OPTIC DISK; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84945905902     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-17892     Document Type: Article

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