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Optic Disk
Known as:
disc optic
, Papilla, Optic
, Nerve Head, Optic
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A portion of the retina at which the axons of the ganglion cells exit the eyeball to form the optic nerve. No light-sensitive photoreceptors are…
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Blood supply aspects
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CDISC SDTM Anatomical Location Terminology
CDISC SEND Biospecimens Terminology
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Narrower (2)
Cavitary Optic Disc Anomalies
Structure of prelaminar part of optic nerve
Broader (5)
Disorder of the optic nerve
Eye
Eye - Retina (MMHCC)
Optic Nerve
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Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
A case–control study
N. Kurysheva
,
V. N. Shlapak
,
Tamara Yakovlevna Ryabova
,
PhDb
2018
Corpus ID: 3437352
Primary vascular dysregulation (PVD) is believed to be a main cause of local vasospasm and impaired autoregulation as a possible…
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Review
2016
Review
2016
Primary open-angle glaucoma
R. Weinreb
,
C. Leung
,
+4 authors
K. Martin
Nature Reviews Disease Primers
2016
Corpus ID: 3028190
Glaucoma is an optic neuropathy that is characterized by the progressive degeneration of the optic nerve, leading to visual…
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Review
2014
Review
2014
The pathophysiology and treatment of glaucoma: a review.
R. Weinreb
,
T. Aung
,
F. Medeiros
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
2014
Corpus ID: 205058483
IMPORTANCE Glaucoma is a worldwide leading cause of irreversible vision loss. Because it may be asymptomatic until a relatively…
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Split-spectrum amplitude-decorrelation angiography with optical coherence tomography
Yali Jia
,
O. Tan
,
+8 authors
David Huang
Optics Express
2012
Corpus ID: 13838091
Amplitude decorrelation measurement is sensitive to transverse flow and immune to phase noise in comparison to Doppler and other…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Factors for glaucoma progression and the effect of treatment: the early manifest glaucoma trial.
M. Leske
,
A. Heijl
,
+4 authors
Paul P. Lee
A M A Archives of Ophthalmology
2003
Corpus ID: 1590268
OBJECTIVE To assess factors for progression in the Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial (EMGT), including the effect of EMGT treatment…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study: a randomized trial determines that topical ocular hypotensive medication delays or prevents the onset of primary open-angle glaucoma.
R. Fechtner
,
Nicholas Karunaratne
,
+13 authors
Andrea V. Gray
A M A Archives of Ophthalmology
2002
Corpus ID: 20023069
BACKGROUND Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States and worldwide. Three…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Reduction of intraocular pressure and glaucoma progression: results from the Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial.
A. Heijl
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M. Leske
,
B. Bengtsson
,
L. Hyman
,
B. Bengtsson
,
M. Hussein
A M A Archives of Ophthalmology
2002
Corpus ID: 1128934
OBJECTIVE To provide the results of the Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial, which compared the effect of immediately lowering the…
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Review
2002
Review
2002
The definition and classification of glaucoma in prevalence surveys
P. Foster
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R. Buhrmann
,
H. Quigley
,
G. Johnson
British Journal of Ophthalmology
2002
Corpus ID: 22360216
This review describes a scheme for diagnosis of glaucoma in population based prevalence surveys. Cases are diagnosed on the…
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Review
1995
Review
1995
Optical coherence tomography of the human retina.
M. Hee
,
J. Izatt
,
+5 authors
J. Fujimoto
A M A Archives of Ophthalmology
1995
Corpus ID: 43798883
OBJECTIVE To demonstrate optical coherence tomography for high-resolution, noninvasive imaging of the human retina. Optical…
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Review
1991
Review
1991
Racial variations in the prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma. The Baltimore Eye Survey.
J. Tielsch
,
A. Sommer
,
+4 authors
J. Javitt
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
1991
Corpus ID: 11189505
OBJECTIVE --To compare the prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma between black and white Americans. DESIGN, SETTING, AND…
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