American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 141, Issue 5 , Pages 884-890.e2 , May 2006

Correlation Between Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Central Corneal Thickness in Patients With Ocular Hypertension: An Optical Coherence Tomography Study

,Accepted 12 December 2005.

References 

  1. Sommer A , Katz J , Quigley HA , et al.   Clinically detectable nerve fiber atrophy precedes the onset of glaucomatous field loss . Arch Ophthalmol . 1991;109:77–83
  2. Quigley HA , Miller NR , George T . Clinical evaluation of nerve fiber layer atrophy as an indicator of glaucomatous optic nerve damage . Arch Ophthalmol . 1980;98:1564–1571
  3. Quigley HA , Addicks EM , Green WR . Optic nerve damage in human glaucoma III. Quantitative correlation of nerve fiber layer loss and visual field defect in glaucoma, ischemic neuropathy, papilledema, and toxic neuropathy . Arch Ophthalmol . 1982;100:135–146
  4. Quigley HA , Enger C , Katz J , Sommer A , Scott R , Gilbert D . Risk factors for the development of glaucomatous visual field loss in ocular hypertension . Arch Ophthalmol . 1994;112:644–649
  5. Seddon JM , Schwartz B . Case-control study of ocular hypertension . Arch Ophthalmol . 1983;101:891–894
  6. Kass MA , Heuer DK , Higginbotham EJ , et al.   The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (a randomized trial determines that topical ocular hypotensive medication delays or prevents the onset of primary open-angle glaucoma) . Arch Ophthalmol . 2002;120:701–713
  7. Gordon MO , Beiser JA , Brandt JD , et al.   The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (baseline factors that predict the onset of primary open-angle glaucoma) . Arch Ophthalmol . 2002;120:829–830
  8. Hansen FK . A clinical study of the normal human central corneal thickness . Acta Ophthalmol (Copenh) . 1975;53:652–659
  9. Goldmann H , Schmidt T . Uber Applanationstonometrie . Ophthalmologie . 1957;134:221–242
  10. Medeiros FA , Sample PA , Weinreb RN . Corneal thickness measurements and visual field abnormalities in ocular hypertensive patients . Am J Ophthalmol . 2003;135:131–137
  11. Medeiros FA , Sample PA , Weinreb RN . Corneal thickness measurements and frequency doubling technology perimetry abnormalities in ocular hypertensive eyes . Ophthalmology . 2003;110:1903–1908
  12. Henderson PA , Medeiros FA , Zangwill LM , Weinreb RN . Relationship between central corneal thickness and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in ocular hypertensive patients . Ophthalmology . 2005;112:251–256
  13. Wollstein G , Ishikawa H , Wang J , Beaton SA , Schuman JS . Comparison of three optical coherence tomography scanning areas for detection of glaucomatous damage . Am J Ophthalmol . 2005;139:39–43
  14. Medeiros FA , Zangwill LM , Bowd C , Vessani RM , Susanna R , Weinreb RN . Evaluation of retinal nerve fiber layer, optic nerve head, and macular thickness measurements for glaucoma detection using optical coherence tomography . Am J Ophthalmol . 2005;139:44–55
  15. Budenz DL , Michael A , Chang RT , McSoley  , Katz J . Sensitivity and specificity of the Stratus OCT for perimetric glaucoma . Ophthalmology . 2005;112:3–9
  16. Bowd C , Weinreb RN , Williams JM , Zangwill LM . The retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in ocular hypertensive, normal and glaucomatous eyes with Ocular Coherence Tomography . Arch Ophthalmol . 2000;118:22–26
  17. Leung CKS , Chan W , Yung W , et al.   Comparison of macular and peripapillary measurements for the detection of glaucoma (an Optical Coherence Tomography Study) . Ophthalmology . 2005;112:391–400
  18. Medeiros FA , Zangwill LM , Bowd C , Weinreb RN . Comparison of the GDxVCC scanning laser polarimeter, HRT II confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopes and Stratus OCT optical coherence tomograph for the detection of glaucoma . Arch Ophthalmol . 2004;122:827–837
  19. Medeiros FA , Zangwill LM , Bowd C , Vessani RM , Susanna R , Weinreb RN . Evaluation of retinal nerve fiber layer, optic nerve head, and macular thickness measurements for glaucoma detection using optical coherence tomography . Am J Ophthalmol . 2005;139:44–55
  20. Wollstein G , Ishikawa H , Wang J , Beaton SA , Schuman JS . Comparison of three optical coherence tomography scanning areas for detection of glaucomatous damage . Am J Ophthalmol . 2005;139:39–43
  21. Zangwill LM , Weinreib RN , Beiser JA , et al.   Baseline topographic optic disc measurements are associated with the development of primary open angle glaucoma (the Confocal Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy Ancillary Study to the Ocular Hypertensive Treatment Study) . Arch Ophthalmol . 2005;123:1188–1197

PII: S0002-9394(05)01346-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.12.026

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 141, Issue 5 , Pages 884-890.e2 , May 2006

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution