Correlation between finger blood flow and changes in optic nerve head blood flow following therapeutic intraocular pressure reduction

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 448-454

  Hafez, Ali S ^a   Bizzarro, Regina ^a   Descovich, Denise ^a   Lesk, Mark R ^a  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; Glaucoma; Optic nerve head blood flow; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; VASOSPASM; WATER IMMERSION;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FILTERING SURGERY; FINGERS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION;

EID: 27944451409     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000185433.71031.90     Document Type: Article

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