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Demographics and etiologic characteristics of non-glaucomatous optic atrophy: a single-center cross-sectional study from Turkey.

Oğuzhan KılıçarslanAslıhan Yılmaz ÇebiBilge Batu OtoRengin Yıldırım
Published in: International ophthalmology (2022)
Central nerve system diseases and non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathies were the most common causes of non-glaucomatous and non-consecutive optic atrophy in Turkey. Better understanding of underlying etiologies of optic atrophy may lead us to take precautions timely for irreversible optic nerve dysfunction which is an important reason of blindness.
Keyphrases
  • optic nerve
  • optical coherence tomography
  • oxidative stress
  • blood brain barrier