Ocular pulse amplitude in patients with Graves' disease: A preliminary study

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 694-696

  Alimgil, Murat Levent ^a,b   Benian, Ömer ^a   Esgin, Haluk ^a   Erda, Sait ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Graves' disease; Intraorbital pressure; Ocular pulse amplitude; Proptosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EUTHYROIDISM; EXOPHTHALMOS; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYELID RETRACTION; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033405381     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1999.770618.x     Document Type: Article

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