Is open-angle glaucoma caused by impaired cerebrospinal fluid circulation: Around the optic nerve?

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 308-311

  Killer, Hanspeter E ^a,b,d   Jaggi, Gregor P ^a,b   Flammer, Josef ^a   Miller, Neil R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital Aarau ^*  (Switzerland)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Lipocaline like prostaglandine D synthase; Normal tension glaucoma; Open angle glaucoma; Optic nerve compartment syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIN; LIPOCALIN LIKE PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NITRATE; PEROXYNITRITE; PROSTAGLANDIN D SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VASOSPASM; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIPOCALINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 47649122165     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.01735.x     Document Type: Article

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