How robust is the optic chiasm? Perimetric and neuro-imaging correlations

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 198-204

  Frisen L ^a   Jensen, C ^b  

^a SU/S   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Optic chiasm; Perimetry; Pituitary adenoma; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED PERIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; PERIMETRY; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 38849205443     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00927.x     Document Type: Article

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