Retinal vessel diameters decrease with macular ganglion cell layer thickness in autosomal dominant optic atrophy and in healthy subjects

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 670-674

  Rönnbäck, Cecilia ^a,b   Grønskov, Karen ^b,c   Larsen, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

autosomal dominant optic atrophy; dominant optic atrophy; hypertension; retinal vessel diameters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT OPTIC ATROPHY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CELL VOLUME; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MACULAR GANGLION CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; OPTIC ATROPHY 1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; RETINA VEIN; RETINAL THICKNESS; VISUAL ACUITY; ADOLESCENT; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VERY ELDERLY;

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; OPA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OPTIC ATROPHY, AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT; ORGAN SIZE; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL VEIN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84927172126     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12378     Document Type: Article

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