50% of Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Occurs between 40-55 Years Old

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Identifier 20150222_nanos_posters_056
Title 50% of Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Occurs between 40-55 Years Old
Creator Ming-Hui Sun, Mohammad Ali Shariati, Yaping Joyce Liao
Subject NAION, Age, Risk Factors, OCT, Visual Field
Description "Non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is the most common acute optic neuropathy in those older than 50.1-2 and young onset NAION has been reported in 4-23% of patients.1-4 Aging is a risk factor for NAION, and the normal rate of retinal ganglion cell axonal loss triples after 50.5 The aim of our study is to investigate the age of onset of NAION and correlation with risk factors."
Date 2015-02-22
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Format Creation application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2015 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2015: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2013. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6894cqk
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Contributor Primary Ming-Hui Sun
Contributor Secondary Mohammad Ali Shariati, Yaping Joyce Liao
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 184462
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6894cqk
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