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Optic Nerve: The Glaucomatous Optic Nerve

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The principle insult in glaucoma occurs within the neural, cellular, and connective tissues of the optic nerve head (ONH).

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Burgoyne CF, Downs JC. Premise and Prediction—How Optic Nerve Head Biomechanics Underlies the Susceptibility and Clinical Behavior of the Aged Optic Nerve Head. Invited original article. J Glaucoma 2008;17:318–328.

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Burgoyne, C.F. (2016). Optic Nerve: The Glaucomatous Optic Nerve. In: Giaconi, J., Law, S., Nouri-Mahdavi, K., Coleman, A., Caprioli, J. (eds) Pearls of Glaucoma Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49042-6_1

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