Optic nerve blood flow in glaucoma: Effect of systemic hypertension

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 516-522

  Grunwald, Juan E ^a   Piltz, Jody ^a   Hariprasad, Seenu M ^a   DuPont, Joan ^a   Maguire, Maureen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032914922     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00028-8     Document Type: Article

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