Do sex and hormonal status influence choroidal circulation?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 786-787

  Centofanti, Marco ^a,c   Bonini, Stefano ^a   Manni, Gianluca ^a   Guinetti Neuschüler, Cesare ^a,c   Bucci, Massimo G ^a   Harris, Alon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOROID; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033944768     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.7.786     Document Type: Article

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