Dilated Virchow-Robin spaces in primary open-angle glaucoma: a biomarker of glymphatic waste clearance dysfunction?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, PC Sint-Amandus, Beernem, Belgium.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
³ Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Behavior, Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerp, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Research Center, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland.
⁶ Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Behavior, Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerp, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Research Center, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Neurology and Memory Clinic, Middelheim General Hospital (ZNA), Antwerp, Belgium.

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Peter Wostyn et al. Acta Radiol Open. 2016.

. 2016 Aug 10;5(8):2058460116653630.

doi: 10.1177/2058460116653630. eCollection 2016 Aug.

¹ Department of Psychiatry, PC Sint-Amandus, Beernem, Belgium.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
³ Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Behavior, Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerp, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Research Center, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Ophthalmology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland.
⁶ Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Behavior, Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerp, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Research Center, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Neurology and Memory Clinic, Middelheim General Hospital (ZNA), Antwerp, Belgium.

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