The effect of axial length on ocular blood flow assessment in anisometropes

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-320

  Lam, Andrew K C ^a   Chan, Suk Tak ^a   Chan, Ben ^a   Chan, Henry ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Axial length; Colour doppler ultrasonography; End diastolic velocity; Peak systolic velocity; Pulsatile ocular blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; HUMAN; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; TONOMETRY; VASCULARIZATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW;

ADULT; ANISOMETROPIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0141560334     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2003.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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