Optic neuropathy associated with sleep apnea syndrome

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 874-877

  Mojon, Daniel S ^a   Mathis, Johannes ^a   Zulauf, Mario ^b   Koerner, Fritz ^a   Hess, Christian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUSEN; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0031969388     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)95030-8     Document Type: Article

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