Is vascular regulation in the central retinal artery altered in persons with vasospasm?

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1359-1362

  Gherghel, Doina ^a   Orgül, Selim ^a   Dubler, Barbara ^a   Lübeck, Patricia ^a   Gugleta, Konstantin ^a   Flammer, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; REVIEW; TONOMETRY; VASOSPASM;

EID: 0033378339     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.117.10.1359     Document Type: Review

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