Daytime variation of pulsatile ocular blood flow (POBF) in normal Chinese

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 190-194

  Lam, Andrew K C ^a   Wong, Stephen ^a   Lam, Carly S Y ^a   To, Chi Ho ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Mean blood pressure; Pulsatile ocular blood flow; Pulse amplitude

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242431441     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2001.tb05024.x     Document Type: Article

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