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SUBMITTER: Wang B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5577310 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Bo B Lucy Katie A KA Schuman Joel S JS Ishikawa Hiroshi H Bilonick Richard A RA Sigal Ian A IA Kagemann Larry L Lu Chen C Fujimoto James G JG Wollstein Gadi G
Scientific reports 20170830 1
Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness that leads to characteristic changes in the optic nerve head (ONH) region, such as nasalization of vessels. It is unknown whether the spatial location of this vessel shift inside the ONH occurs within the lamina cribrosa (LC) or the prelaminar tissue. The purpose of this study was to compare the location of the central retinal vessel trunk (CRVT) in the LC and prelaminar tissue in living healthy and glaucomatous eyes. We acquired 3-dimensional ONH scans f ...[more]