| Literature DB >> 7225307 |
D Taylor, J Ramsay, S Day, M Dillon.
Abstract
Four cases of anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy occurred in children with accelerated hypertension. The cause may have been a sudden relative fall in arterial pressure which reduced the perfusion of the optic disc, whose circulation was compromised by long-standing hypertensive vascular disease.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 7225307 PMCID: PMC1039455 DOI: 10.1136/bjo.65.3.153
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Ophthalmol ISSN: 0007-1161 Impact factor: 4.638