The effect of photodynamic therapy on retrobulbar blood flow parameters

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-42

  Türkçüoǧlu, Peykan ^a   Deniz, Nurettin ^a   Koç, Mustafa ^a   Kurt, Julide ^a   Çeliker, Ülkü ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler imaging; Photodynamic therapy; Retrobulbar blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CILIARY ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; OPTIC DISK; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; SYSTOLE; THERAPY EFFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; CILIARY ARTERIES; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RETINAL ARTERY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 39649086692     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01644.x     Document Type: Article

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