Glaucoma progression is associated with decreased blood flow velocities in the short posterior ciliary artery

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1245-1248

  Zeitz, O ^a   Galambos, P ^a   Wagenfeld, L ^a   Wiermann, A ^a   Wlodarsch, P ^a   Praga, R ^a   Matthiessen, E T ^a   Richard, G ^a   Klemm, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CILIARY ARTERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CILIARY ARTERIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; RETINAL ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33750360198     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.093633     Document Type: Article

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