Ganglion cell analysis versus retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in glaucoma diagnosis

Background Glaucoma is a progressive optic neuropathy, which can result in irreversible blindness. The main pathologic change in glaucoma is retinal ganglion cell loss. The macula has the greatest density of retinal ganglion cells (∼50%). The advent of spectral domain-optical coherence tomography (O...

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Main Authors: Tarek Tawfik Soliman, Elham Abd Alazeem Gad, Sarah Mohamed Selim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of the Egyptian Ophthalmological Society
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Online Access:http://www.jeos.eg.net/article.asp?issn=2090-0686;year=2019;volume=112;issue=4;spage=122;epage=129;aulast=Soliman