Increase of carotid artery stiffness and decrease of baroreflex sensitivity in exfoliation syndrome and glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 563-567

  Visontai, Z ^b   Merisch, B ^b   Kollai, M ^b   Holló, Gábor ^a,b  

^a Semmelwels University ^*  (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 33646262873     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.087908     Document Type: Article

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