Should Patients With Optic Disc Drusen Be Treated With Intraocular Pressure-Lowering Medications?

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Title Should Patients With Optic Disc Drusen Be Treated With Intraocular Pressure-Lowering Medications?
Creator Julie M. Falardeau, MD; Stacy L. Pineles, MD; Gregory P. Van Stavern, MD; Andrew G. Lee, MD
Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology (JMF), Portland, Oregon; Department of Ophthalmology (SLP), UCLA, Los Angeles, California; and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (GPVS), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
Abstract Optic disc drusen are a relative common finding in patients presenting to a neuro-ophthalmology clinic. Although symptomatic visual loss is uncommon, some patients with disc drusen develop progressive visual field loss
Subject Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use; Decision Making; Humans; Intraocular Pressure / physiology; Optic Disk Drusen / drug therapy; Optic Disk Drusen / physiopathology; Visual Fields / physiology
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Date 2020-12
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Source Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, December 2020, Volume 40, Issue 4
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
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Setname ehsl_novel_jno
ID 1741126
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qxqdsp
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