Compression of the prechiasmatic optic nerve produces a junctional scotoma

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 256-258

  Karanjia, Navaz ^a   Jacobson, Daniel M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOTOMA; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0032813771     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00084-7     Document Type: Article

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