Association of magnetic resonance imaging of anterior optic pathway with glaucomatous visual field damage and optic disc cupping

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-195

  Kashiwagi, Kenji ^a   Okubo, Toshiyuki ^a   Tsukahara, Shigeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Magnetic resonance image; Optic chiasm; Optic disc cupping; Optic nerve; Visual field defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; OPTIC DISK CUP; OPTIC DISK CUPPING; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 2442697813     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200406000-00003     Document Type: Article

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