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Comparison of retinal nerve-fiber layer in high- and normal-tension glaucoma

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In all, 20 eyes of 20 normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) patients and 20 eyes of high-tension glaucoma (HTG) patients matched for similar visual field defects underwent retinal nerve-fiber-layer (RNFL) analysis using a computerized digital-image analysis system. Subjects with NTG showed more localized RNFL loss than diffuse loss as compared with HTG patients. The results support the hypothesis that there may be different mechanisms of damage in glaucoma.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Nihon University, 30-1, Oyaguchikami-machi, Itabashi, 173, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoshio Yamazaki & Chizuru Koide

  2. College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, 30-1, Oyaguchikami-machi, Itabashi, 173, Tokyo, Japan

    Toshio Miyazawa, Nobuo Kuwagaki & Hiroaki Yamada

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This study was supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 02857249 from the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture of Japan

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Yamazaki, Y., Koide, C., Miyazawa, T. et al. Comparison of retinal nerve-fiber layer in high- and normal-tension glaucoma. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 229, 517–520 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00203313

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