Blood flow per unit retinal nerve fibre tissue volume is lower in the human inferior retina

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 184-188

  Harris, Alon ^a   Ishii, Y ^a   Chung, H S ^a   Jonescu Cuypers, C P ^a   McCranor, L J ^a   Kagemann, L ^a   Garzozi, H J ^b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GLAUCOMA; HEIDELBERG RETINAL TOMOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA NERVE CELL; TISSUE PERFUSION; TOMOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CAPILLARIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VESSELS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037308344     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.2.184     Document Type: Article

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