Symptomatic compression of the optic nerve by the carotid artery: Clinical profile of 18 patients with 24 affected eyes identified by magnetic resonance imaging

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1994-2004

  Jacobson, Daniel M ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0033209942     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90414-1     Document Type: Article

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