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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
Volume 140, Issue 1, Pages 165-166Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.01.015
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PURPOSE: To quantitatively evaluate retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in the fellow eyes of normal, tension glaucoma (NTG) patients with unilateral visual field defect. DESIGN: Observational case,control study. METHODS: Twenty-nine NTG patients with unilateral visual field defect were enrolled in this study. All 29 fellow eyes showed normal visual field. Thirty,one nor, mal eyes of 31 subjects served as controls. The RNFL thickness around the optic disk was determined using Fast RNFL thickness (3-4) of optical coherence tomography. Average and segmental (4 quadrants and 12 clock, hours) RNFL thickness measurements were compared among the three groups. RESULTS: RNFL thicknesses were significantly different among the three groups in the average, superior quadrant ( 11 and 12 clock-hour segments) I and inferior quadrant (6 clock-hour segment) (P = .00, one,way ANOVA and Tukey's tests). CONCLUSIONS: RNFL thickness reductions are already present in the fellow eyes of NTG patients with unilateral visual field defect. (c) 2005 by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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