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Bilateral cavernous degeneration of the optic nerve associated with multiple arteriosclerotic ischemic infarctions

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Supported by grants from the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (no. 13648, T. Kubota) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Klinische Forschergruppe „Glaukome“, DFG Na 55/6-1, G.O.H. Naumann)

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Kubota, T., von Below, H., Holbach, L.M. et al. Bilateral cavernous degeneration of the optic nerve associated with multiple arteriosclerotic ischemic infarctions. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 231, 52–55 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01681702

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