Retinal mean transit time in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and normal-tension glaucoma

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-72

  Bjärnhall, Gunilla ^a   Tomic, Lidija ^a   Mishima, Hiromu K ^b   Tsukamoto, Hidetoshi ^b   Alm, Albert ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mean deviation; Mean transit time; Normal tension glaucoma; Primary open angle glaucoma; Retinal blood flow; Visual field defects

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPIVEFRINE; DORZOLAMIDE; NIPRADILOL; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA VEIN; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CIRCULATION TIME; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VESSELS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33846455078     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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