title: [Hemorrheologic analyses of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To find the pathogenic factor of non-temporal arteritis anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION).
  
  
  METHODS
  Several items of hemorheology in 39 cases (19 males and 20 females) of acute non-temporal arteritis AION at papilloedema stage were examined and compared with that of the control group including normal comparable 20 males and 20 females.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that hematocrit (HCT), fibrinogen, low shearing viscosity, aggregation index, erythrocyte electrophoresis time were higher in the AION group than that of the control group (P < 0.01 or P < 0.05). Besides, high shearing viscosity and plasma viscosity in the female patient group are also higher than that of the control group (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The high blood viscosity is closely related to the pathogenesis of non-temporal arteritis AION.
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmic Center of Fourth Hospital, Xi'an 710054.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001809:Blood Viscosity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018917:Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic / Q000097:blood*