Reduced response of retinal vessel diameters to flicker stimulation in patients with diabetes

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 887-890

  Garhofer G ^a   Zawinka, C ^a   Resch, H ^a   Kothy, P ^a,b   Schmetterer, L ^a   Dorner, G T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINOPATHY; SEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL VEIN; RETINAL VESSELS; VASODILATION; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 3042749843     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.033548     Document Type: Article

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