Distinctive retinal nerve fibre layer and vascular changes in neuromyelitis optica following optic neuritis

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1002-1005

  Green, A J ^a,b   Cree, B A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NERVE FIBER; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NEURITIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; VISUAL ACUITY; ADULT; ARTERIOLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; PATHOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL;

ADULT; ARTERIOLES; AXONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NEURITIS; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 69449093167     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.166207     Document Type: Article

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