Diurnal variation in microcirculation of ocular fundus and visual field change in normal-tension glaucoma

Eye

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 697-702

  Okuno, T ^a   Sugiyama, T ^a   Kojima, S ^a   Nakajima, M ^a   Ikeda, T ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choroid retina; Diurnal variation; Microcirculation; Normal tension glaucoma; Optic nerve head; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOROID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EYE BLOOD FLOW; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; FRIEDMAN TEST; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NIGHT; OPTIC NERVE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINA; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 4344645463     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700749     Document Type: Article

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