Risk of non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION) after cataract extraction in the fellow eye of patients with prior unilateral NAION
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Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION)—A Brief Review
Ischemic optic neuropathies could be a result of inflammatory and non inflammatory small vessel disease and have been classified as arteritic and non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy respectively. This review has been intended to elucidate the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, clinical picture and management of NAION and the literature search was completed using the published da...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.0107276