Reproducibility of the retinal vascular response to flicker light in Asians

Current Eye Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1082-1088

  Nguyen, Thanh T ^a   Kreis, Andreas J ^a   Kawasaki, Ryo ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,b   Seifert, Bernd U ^c   Vilser, Walthard ^c   Nagel, Edgar ^d   Wong, Tien Y ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Imedos GmbH   (Germany)

^d Ophthalmic Private Practice   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Auto regulation; Diffuse Luminace Flicker; Reproducibility; Retinal Vascular Imaging; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VEIN DIAMETER; VENULE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL VESSELS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449152756     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713680903353764     Document Type: Article

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