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Optic nerve head vascular variations in pseudoexfoliative and primary open-angle glaucoma.

Sinem KarabulutAhmet KaderliMüjdat KarabulutSabahattin SülAylin Karalezli
Published in: Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia (2023)
Reduction in vessel density correlated with the thinning of retinal nerve fiber layer in both glaucoma Groups. Decreased vessel density in the optic nerve head can be used to demonstrate the microvascular pathologies and possible ischemic changes that lead to faster progression and worse prognosis in pseudoexfoliative glaucoma.
Keyphrases
  • optic nerve
  • optical coherence tomography
  • ischemia reperfusion injury
  • peripheral nerve
  • oxidative stress
  • cerebral ischemia
  • blood brain barrier