Twelve hour reproducibility of choroidal blood flow parameters in healthy subjects

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 533-537

  Polska, E ^b   Polak, K ^b   Luksch, A ^b   Fuchsjager Mayrl, G ^b   Petternel, V ^b   Findl, O ^b   Schmetterer, L ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHOROID; CILIARY ARTERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOROID; FEMALE; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASERS; MALE; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 1842452739     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.028480     Document Type: Article

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