Prolapsing gyrus rectus as a cause of progressive optic neuropathy

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 301-309

  Nishioka, Tatsuya ^a,c   Okumura, Ryosuke ^a   Ishikawa, Masatsune ^a   Kondo, Akinori ^a   Masai, Hirokazu ^b   Ueki, Mari ^b   Suga, Kenji ^b  

^a Kitano Medical Research Institute and Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Ishikiriseiki Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cerebral artery; Gyrus rectus; Internal carotid artery; Neurovascular compression; Normal tension glaucoma; Optic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; TISSUE INJURY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0033921562     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.40.301     Document Type: Article

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