Focal lamina cribrosa defects associated with glaucomatous rim thinning and acquired pits

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 314-320

  You, Jae Young ^a   Park, Sung Chul ^b,e   Su, Daniel ^b,c   Teng, Christopher C ^b,e   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^b,d   Ritch, Robert ^b,e  

^a Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

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

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^e NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED PITS OF THE OPTIC NERVE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL LAMINA CRIBROSA DEFECT; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMATOUS RIM THINNING; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLIT LAMP; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84875184561     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.1926     Document Type: Article

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