Assessment of variation in bulbar conjunctival redness, temperature, and blood flow

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 511-516

  Duench, Stephanie ^a   Simpson, Trefford ^a   Jones, Lyndon W ^a   Flanagan, John G ^a,b   Fonn, Desmond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Conjunctiva; Diurnal; Redness; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; THERMOMETERS; VISION AIDS;

BULBAR CONJUNCTIVAL REDNESS; CONJUNCTIVAL BLOOD FLOW; CONJUNCTIVAL TEMPERATURE; HEIDELBERG RETINAL FLOWMETER (HRF);

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; FLOWMETER; HEIDELBERG RETINAL FLOWMETER; HUMAN; INFRARED THERMOMETER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONJUNCTIVA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 34250771996     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318073c304     Document Type: Article

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