Cerebrospinal fluid exchange in the optic nerve in normal-tension glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 544-548

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

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CIRCULATION DISORDER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; OPTIC NERVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858336746     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300663     Document Type: Article

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