Optic nerve diameters and perimetric thresholds in idiopathic intracranial hypertension

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 509-514

  Salgarello, Tommaso ^a   Tamburrelli, Ciro ^a   Falsini, Benedetto ^a   Giudiceandrea, Andrea ^a   Colotto, Alberto ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029949741     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.80.6.509     Document Type: Article

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