PMID: 12784577Jun 6, 2003Paper

Nonglaucomatous optic disk atrophy and excavation in the elderly

Bulletin de la Société belge d'ophtalmologie
J M J Roodhooft

Abstract

The causes of nonglaucomatous optic disk atrophy and excavation are enumerated in people 65 years or older: congenital anomalies, myopia, ischemic disorders, transsynaptic degeneration, traumatic, compressive, hereditary, toxic and infectious optic neuropathy.

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