American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1010-1018 , June 2005

Use of Progressive Glaucomatous Optic Disk Change as the Reference Standard for Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests in Glaucoma

,Accepted 3 January 2005.

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 Supported in part by the Foundation for Eye Research (F.A.M.) and National Eye Institute grants EY11008 (L.M.Z.) and EY08208 (P.A.S.).

PII: S0002-9394(05)00008-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.01.003

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1010-1018 , June 2005

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