American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 999-1009 , June 2005

Predictive Factors for Progressive Optic Nerve Damage in Various Types of Chronic Open-angle Glaucoma

  • Peter Martus, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries to Dr. Peter Martus, Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany; fax: 49-(0)30-8445-4471
    • ,
  • Andrea Stroux

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    • Berlin Centre Public Health, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Wido M. Budde, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
    • ,
  • Christian Y. Mardin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
    • ,
  • Matthias Korth, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
    • ,
  • Jost B. Jonas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

,Accepted 20 December 2004.

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 Supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG (SFB 539), Bonn, Germany.

PII: S0002-9394(04)01599-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2004.12.056

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 999-1009 , June 2005

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