Decreased blood flow at neuroretinal rim of optic nerve head corresponds with visual field deficit in eyes with normal tension glaucoma

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 795-801

  Sato, Enrique Adan ^a   Ohtake, Yuichiro ^a   Shinoda, Kei ^a,b   Mashima, Yukihiko ^a   Kimura, Itaru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neuroretinal rim; Normal tension glaucoma; Tissue blood flow; Visua field defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD FLOWMETER; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA ISCHEMIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CILIARY ARTERIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VESSELS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33746315699     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0177-2     Document Type: Article

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