Topography of the posterior arteries supplying the eye and relations to the optic nerve

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 642-649

  Erdogmus, Senem ^a   Govsa, Figen ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central retinal artery; Ophthalmic artery; Optic nerve; Pial arteries; Posterior ciliary artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CILIARY ARTERY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; SCLERA;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CILIARY ARTERIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; OPTIC NERVE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL ARTERY;

EID: 33748280464     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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