1. Normal-Tension Glaucoma Has Normal Intracranial Pressure
- Author
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Gauti Jóhannesson, Christina Lindén, Anders Eklund, Elias Johansson, Fanny Östlund, Jan Malm, and Sara Qvarlander
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Intraocular pressure ,medicine.medical_specialty ,genetic structures ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Normal intracranial pressure ,Glaucoma ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,Ophthalmology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cerebrospinal fluid ,Anesthesia ,Normal tension glaucoma ,030221 ophthalmology & optometry ,medicine ,sense organs ,Prospective cohort study ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Intracranial pressure - Abstract
PURPOSE: To test the hypothesis that normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) is caused by an increased pressure difference across the lamina cribrosa (LC) related to a low intracranial pressure (ICP).DESIGN: ...
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- 2018