The association between retinal vein ophthalmodynamometric force change and optic disc excavation

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 594-596

  Morgan, W H ^a,c   Hazelton, M L ^b   Balaratnasingamm, C ^a   Chan, H ^a   House, P H ^a   Barry, C J ^a   Cringle, S J ^a   Yu, D Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CORNEA THICKNESS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMODYNAMOMETRY; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA VEIN; VISUAL FIELD; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMODYNAMOMETRY; OPTIC DISK; PROGNOSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; RETINAL VEIN;

EID: 66149136920     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.149963     Document Type: Article

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