Spontaneous retinal venous pulsation: Aetiology and significance

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-9

  Jacks, Andrew S ^a,b   Miller, N R ^c  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPICAMIDE;

BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; REVIEW; VENOUS PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPTIC DISK; PAPILLEDEMA; PULSATILE FLOW; RETINAL VEIN;

EID: 0037224678     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.1.7     Document Type: Review

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