Quantification of Optic Disc Edema during Exposure to High Altitude Shows No Correlation to Acute Mountain Sickness

BACKGROUND: The study aimed to quantify changes of the optic nerve head (ONH) during exposure to high altitude and to assess a correlation with acute mountain sickness (AMS). This work is related to the Tuebingen High Altitude Ophthalmology (THAO) study. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: A confocal sc...

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Autores principales: Willmann, Gabriel, Fischer, M. Dominik, Schatz, Andreas, Schommer, Kai, Messias, Andre, Zrenner, Eberhart, Bartz-Schmidt, Karl U., Gekeler, Florian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3206056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22069483
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027022

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