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SUBMITTER: Lin TPH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7644687 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lin Timothy P H TPH Wang Yu Meng YM Ho Kevin K Wong Cherie Y K CYK Chan Poemen P PP Wong Mandy O M MOM Chan Noel C Y NCY Tang Fangyao F Lam Alexander A Leung Dexter Y L DYL Wong Tien Yin TY Cheng Ching-Yu CY Cheung Carol Y CY Tham Clement C CC
Scientific reports 20201105 1
Microcirculatory insufficiency has been hypothesized in glaucoma pathogenesis. There is a scarcity of data to comprehensively examine the changes in retinal microvasculature and its role in normal tension glaucoma (NTG). We conducted a cross-sectional case-control study and included 168 eyes from 100 NTG patients and 68 healthy subjects. Quantitative retinal arteriolar and venular metrics were measured from retinal photographs using a computer-assisted program. Radial peripapillary capillary net ...[more]