Noninvasive measurement of oxygen tension in the optic nerve head

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 56-60

  Riva, Charles E ^a  

^a Institut de Recherche en Ophtalmologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

CILIARY DISK; MICROELECTRODE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OXYGEN TENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

EID: 0031749509     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199804000-00011     Document Type: Review

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