Retinal vascular occlusions occur more frequently in the more affected eye in exfoliation syndrome

Eye

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 658-662

  Prata, T S ^a   Rozenbaum, I ^a   De Moraes, C G V ^a   Lima, V C ^a   Liebmann, J ^a,b   Ritch, R ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

IOP; Laterality; RVOs; XFS

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS CAPSULE; MALE; NON ARTERITIC ANTERIOR ISCHAEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PUPIL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; SLIT LAMP;

EID: 77951124040     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.152     Document Type: Article

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