Systemic arterial stiffness in glaucoma patients

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-18

  Chiba, Tatsuya ^a   Chiba, Nami ^a   Kashiwagi, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Glaucoma; Pulse wave velocity; Systemic circulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

ANKLE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 40049095833     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e318098737a     Document Type: Article

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