Macular microcirculation in hypertensive patients with and without branch retinal vein occlusion

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 638-642

  Noma, Hidetaka ^a,b   Funatsu, Hideharu ^a   Sakata, Kumi ^c   Harino, Seiyo ^d   Mimura, Tatsuya ^e   Hori, Sadao ^c  

^a Tokyo Women s Medical University   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YODOGAWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood flow velocity; Branch retinal vein occlusion; Hypertension; Macular microcirculation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RISK FACTOR; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 69449107220     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01318.x     Document Type: Article

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