Transsynaptic retinal degeneration in optic neuropathies: Optical coherence tomography study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1271-1275

  Sriram, Prema ^a   Graham, Stuart L ^a   Wang, Chenyu ^b   Yiannikas, Con ^c   Garrick, Raymond ^d   Klistorner, Alexander ^a,e  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; THICKNESS; VISUAL FIELD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TIME;

ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETROGRADE DEGENERATION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84860640941     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8732     Document Type: Article

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