Atrophy of the lateral geniculate nucleus in human glaucoma detected by magnetic resonance imaging

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-60

  Gupta, N ^a,b,c   Greenberg, G ^b   De Tilly, L Noël ^b   Gray, B ^b   Polemidiotis, M ^b   Yucel Y H ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO CULTURE; IN VIVO STUDY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; ATROPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58349119556     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.138172     Document Type: Article

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