Factors influencing blood flow in the optic nerve head

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 412-425

  Hayreh, Sohan Singh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031446730     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-199712000-00012     Document Type: Review

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