Response of retinal vessel diameters to flicker stimulation in patients with early open angle glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 340-344

  Garhofer G ^a   Zawinka, C ^a   Resch, H ^a   Huemer, K H ^a   Schmetterer, L ^a   Dorner, Guido T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Flicker stimulation; Neuro vascular coupling, glaucoma; Retinal blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLICKER STIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VASODILATATION;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL VEIN; VASODILATION; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 17044448913     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200408000-00013     Document Type: Article

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