Optic nerve sheath diameter in normal-tension glaucoma patients

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-56

  Jaggi, Gregor Peter ^a   Miller, Neil Richard ^b   Flammer, Josef ^c   Weinreb, Robert N ^d   Remonda, Luca ^a   Killer, Hanspeter Esriel ^a,c  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE SHEATH DIAMETER; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84455203019     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.199224     Document Type: Article

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