Vascular response of the bulbar conjunctiva to diabetes and elevated blood pressure

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1801-1808

  Owen, Christopher G ^a   Newsom, Richard S B ^b   Rudnicka, Alicja R ^a   Ellis, Tim J ^c   Woodward, E Geoffrey ^d  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; COMPUTER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONJUNCTIVA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 25844516613     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.04.030     Document Type: Article

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