Severe progression of glaucomatous optic neuropathy in patients with alzheimer's disease

Eye

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 209-212

  Bayer, A U ^a,b   Ferrari, F ^b,c  

^a Hospital of Weilheim Schongau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Private Ophthalmological Clinic   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE; TIMOLOL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VISION TEST; VISUAL FIELD; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 85047695248     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj/eye/6700034     Document Type: Letter

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