Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy: OCT characterization of the acute and resolving phases

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 246, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 641-647

  Bellusci, Costantino ^a   Savini, Giacomo ^a   Carbonelli, Michele ^a   Carelli, Valerio ^b   Sadun, Alfredo A ^c   Barboni, Piero ^a  

^a Centro Salus   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal nerve fiber layer; Visual field defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA NERVE CELL; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 42049091032     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-008-0767-x     Document Type: Article

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