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Thinning of the Neural Rim: A Simple New Sign on the Optic: Disc Related to Glaucoma—statistical Considerations
Author(s) -
Cher Ivan,
Robinson Lyon P.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian journal of opthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 0310-1177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1974.tb01661.x
Subject(s) - glaucoma , sign (mathematics) , abnormality , optic disc , ophthalmology , neuroscience , medicine , optometry , biology , mathematics , mathematical analysis , psychiatry
Summary A new ophthalmoscopic sign of early disc abnormality is described. The circumstantialassociation of this with a great variety of clinical types and degrees of glaucoma described elsewhere (Cher and Robinson, 1973) has been here supported by statistical analysis of findings of 271 patients.