Association between lower optic nerve laser Doppler blood volume measurements and glaucomatous visual field progression

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1487-1491

  Zink, J M ^a   Grunwald, J E ^a   Piltz Seymour, J ^a   Staii, A ^a   Dupont, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; LATANOPROST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0347517740     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.12.1487     Document Type: Article

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