Pulsatile ocular blood flow in eyes with untreated choroidal melanoma

Eye

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-334

  Yang, Y C ^a   Kent, D ^b   Fenerty, C H ^b   Kosmin, A S ^b   Damato, B E ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood flow; Choroidal; Melanoma; Ocular; Pulsatile

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PULSATILE FLOW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030762706     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1997.70     Document Type: Article

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