Diabetes and the Tortuosity of Vessels of the Bulbar Conjunctiva

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Owen, Christopher G ^a   Newsom, Richard S B ^b   Rudnicka, Alicja R ^a   Barman, Sarah A ^c   Woodward, E Geoffrey ^d   Ellis, Tim J ^c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CILIARY ARTERIES; CONJUNCTIVA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; VENULES;

EID: 44449089347     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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