Relationship of Intraocular Pulse Pressure and Spontaneous Venous Pulsations

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Donnelly, Steven J ^a,b   Subramanian, Prem S ^b,c  

^a Winn Army Community Hospital   (United States)

^b Walter Reed Army Medical Center   (Colombia)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; TONOMETER; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 57549106858     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.07.035     Document Type: Article

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