Evaluation of optic nerve head and peripapillary retinal blood flow in glaucoma patients, ocular hypertensives, and normal subjects

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1022-1031

  Hafez, Ali S ^a   Bizzarro, Regina L G ^a   Lesk, Mark R ^a  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345304335     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(03)00632-9     Document Type: Article

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