Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy, Normal Tension Glaucoma, and Flammer Syndrome: Long Term Follow-up of a Patient

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 234, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 584-587

  Konieczka, K ^a   Flammer, J ^a   Sternbuch, J ^b   Binggeli, T ^a   Fraenkl, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Private Practice   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NIFEDIPINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; FLAMMER SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD; SYNDROME;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER; SYNDROME;

EID: 85011685163     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: 14393999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-119564     Document Type: Article

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