Retinal ganglion cell layer and visual function in a patient with optic disc drusen

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 236, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 904-915

  Gellrich, Marcus Matthias ^a,b   Neumaier, Stephan ^b   Auw Hädrich, Claudia ^b   Gellrich, Nils Claudius ^b   Hansen, Lutz Lothar ^b  

^a Universitäts Augenklinik ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUSEN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INJURY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK DRUSEN; PERIMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0031788386     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050179     Document Type: Article

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