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THE EPIPAPILLARY MEMBRANE AND THE GLAUCOMATOUS OPTIC DISC
Author(s) -
JERNDAL TORD
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1976.tb00430.x
Subject(s) - optic disc , glaucoma , optic cup (embryology) , ophthalmology , optic nerve , optometry , visual field , optic disk , medicine , biology , biochemistry , gene , eye development , phenotype
The frequent presence of an epipapillary membrane as a glial covering of the optic disc is a common source of error when evaluating the cupping of the optic disc in glaucoma. Four instructive cases are documented with colour photographs and field charts.