Ocular toxoplasmosis presenting with focal retinal nerve fiber atrophy simulating glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-131

  Sheets, Clinton W ^a   Grewal, Dilraj S ^a   Greenfield, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heidelberg retinal tomography; Optic atrophy; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal nerve fiber layer; Scanning laser polarimetry; Toxoplasmosis; Visual field defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; ATROPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 67651115570     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e318179f83f     Document Type: Article

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