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Comparison of peripapillary vessel density between preperimetric and perimetric glaucoma evaluated by OCT-angiography.

Si Bum KimEun Jung LeeJong Chul HanChangwon Kee
Published in: PloS one (2017)
PPG eyes and normal eyes were found to have the similar densities of peripapillary microvasculature at the area with nerve fiber layer defect, whereas in PG eye, there was a significant decrease in vessel density at the area of RNFL thinning. This provides evidence that microvascular compromise in the retina might be a secondary change to nerve fiber layer degeneration in the pathogenesis of NTG.
Keyphrases
  • optical coherence tomography
  • optic nerve
  • diabetic retinopathy
  • peripheral nerve