Incidence of Nonarteritic and Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy -- Population-Based Study in the State of Missouri and Los Angeles County, California

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Title Incidence of Nonarteritic and Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy -- Population-Based Study in the State of Missouri and Los Angeles County, California
Creator Lenworth N. Johnson, MD; Anthony C. Arnold, MD
Affiliation Neuro-Ophthalmology Division, Mason Institute of Ophthalmology, University of Missouri-Columbia 65212
Abstract This population-based study was undertaken to obtain information on age-, sex-, and race-specific incidence of nonarteritic and arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy for the State of Missouri and for Los Angeles County, California. Among subjects who were 50 or older the estimated mean annual incidence rates per 100,000 population were 2.30 for nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and 0.36 for arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. White individuals appear to be at significantly higher risk of developing nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy than black or Hispanic individuals, suggesting possible genetic predisposition.
Subject Acute Disease; Older people; Female; Giant Cell Arteritis; Humans; Incidence; Ischemia; Los Angeles; Male; Middle Older people; Missouri; Optic Disk; Papilledema
Date 1994-03
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
ARK ark:/87278/s6gf40j1
Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 224463
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gf40j1
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