Hitzenberger Christoph K

Birefringent Properties of the Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer in Healthy and Glaucoma Subjects Analyzed by Polarization-Sensitive OCT.

We report a reduced BIR of the RNFL in early perimetric glaucoma, which can be interpreted as a sign of loss or change of intracellular microtubules and may contribute to a better understanding of early disease development.