Large cups in normal-sized optic discs: A variant of optic nerve hypoplasia in children with periventricular leukomalacia

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1263-1269

  Jacobson, Lena ^a   Hellström, Ann ^b   Flodmark, Olaf ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOMALACIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRABISMUS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0030823375     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100160433007     Document Type: Article

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