Reduced retinal ganglion cell complex thickness in patients with posterior cerebral artery infarction detected using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 502-510

  Yamashita, Tsutomu ^a,b   Miki, Atsushi ^a,b   Iguchi, Yasuyuki ^b   Kimura, Kazumi ^b   Maeda, Fumiatsu ^a,b   Kiryu, Junichi ^b  

^a KAWASAKI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL WELFARE   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Homonymous hemianopia; Macular ganglion cell complex; Posterior cerebral artery infarction; Spectral domain optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL DEGENERATION; RETINAL GANGLION CELL COMPLEX THICKNESS; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGED; FEMALE; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84866733885     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: 16132246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-012-0146-3     Document Type: Article

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