Variations in the blood flow of the human optic nerve head

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 364-369

  Osusky R ^a   Schoetzau, A ^a   Flammer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Optic disk; Spectral Fourier analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0031451618     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067219700700410     Document Type: Article

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