Required Reading & References

Required reading

Miller, N., Arnold, A. Current concepts in the diagnosis, pathogenesis and management of nonarteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy. Eye 29, 65–79 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2014.144

Recommended reading

Martin-Gutierrez MP, Petzold A, Saihan Z. NAION or not NAION? A literature review of pathogenesis and differential diagnosis of anterior ischaemic optic neuropathies. Eye (Lond). 2023 Sep 28. doi: 10.1038/s41433-023-02716-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37770527.

Kupersmith MJ, Garvin MK, Wang JK, Durbin M, Kardon R. Retinal Ganglion Cell Layer Thinning Within One Month of Presentation for Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016 Jul 1;57(8):3588-93. doi: 10.1167/iovs.15-18736. PMID: 27388052; PMCID: PMC5996873.

Newman NJ, Scherer R, Langenberg P, Kelman S, Feldon S, Kaufman D, Dickersin K; Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Decompression Trial Research Group. The fellow eye in NAION: report from the ischemic optic neuropathy decompression trial follow-up study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2002 Sep;134(3):317-28. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(02)01639-2. PMID: 12208242.

The BRAION study group., Wilhelm, B., Lüdtke, H. et al. Efficacy and tolerability of 0.2% brimonidine tartrate for the treatment of acute non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION): a 3-month, double-masked, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Graefe’s Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmo 244, 551–558 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-005-0102-8

Gad Dotan, Michaella Goldstein, Anat Kesler & Barry Skarf (2013) Long-term retinal nerve fiber layer changes following nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, Clinical Ophthalmology, 7:, 735-740, DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S42522