Study shows cardiac surgery patients have lower vascular and structural parameters in the optic nerve hypoplasia and macula compared to open-angle glaucoma patients.
Recent research determined the relationship exists in this direction only—the ocular conditions don’t affect chances of developing this autoimmune disease.
Study shows that en face reflectance maps of the nerves may provide a way to perform mass screenings to detect undiagnosed patients at greatest risk of severe visual impairment.