Optic nerve damage in human glaucoma: Ii. The Site of Injury and Susceptibility to Damage

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1981, Pages 635-649

  Quigley, Harry A ^a   Addicks, Earl M ^a   Green, W Richard ^a   Maumenee, A E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLAUCOMA; HISTOLOGY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; OPTIC DISK; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0019523221     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1981.03930010635009     Document Type: Article

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