Age, blood pressure, and vessel diameter as factors influencing the arterial retinal flicker response

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1486-1492

  Nagel, Edgar ^a   Vilser, Walthard ^b,c   Lanzl, Ines ^d  

^a Technical University ^*  (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Imedos   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTERIAL RETINAL FLICKER RESPONSE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMINANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; SCLEROSIS; SCREENING TEST; AGING; ARTERIOLE; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; HYPERTENSION; LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL ARTERY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2442685763     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0667     Document Type: Article

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