Value of retinal vein pulsation characteristics in predicting increased optic disc excavation

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 441-444

  Balaratnasingam, Chandralcumar ^a,b   Morgan, William H ^b   Hazelton, Martin L ^c   House, Phillip H ^b   Barry, Chris J ^b   Chan, Hsien ^c   Cringle, Stephen J ^b   Yu, Dao Yi ^b  

^a LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMODYNAMOMETRY; OPTIC DISK; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; RETINA VEIN; VENOCONSTRICTION; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMODYNAMOMETRY; OPTIC DISK; PULSATILE FLOW; RETINAL VEIN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34247210987     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.105338     Document Type: Article

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