The role of cerebrospinal fluid pressure in glaucoma pathophysiology: The dark side of the optic disc

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 408-413

  Morgan, William H ^a,b   Yu, Dao Yi ^a   Balaratnasingam, Chandrakumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid pressure; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Lamina cribrosa; Optic disk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; EYE MOVEMENT; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROANATOMY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA VEIN; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; TISSUE PRESSURE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 58149126019     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31815c5f7c     Document Type: Article

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