Retinal vasospasm during an attack of migraine

Retina

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-254

  Killer, Hanspeter E ^a   Forrer, Andreas ^a   Flammer, Josef ^b  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; VASOSPASM;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; RETINAL ARTERY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0038331795     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200304000-00023     Document Type: Article

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