Occurrence of familial nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in a case series

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 144-147

  Wang, Mathew Y ^a   Sadun, Federico ^b   Levin, Lori B ^a   LaBree, Laurie ^a   Feldon, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case series; Familial; Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy; Optic neuropathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975496458     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: 15365166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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