Relationship between optic nerve head and finger blood flow

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-141

  Mozaffarieh, Maneli ^a   Osusky, Roman ^a   Schötzau, Andreas ^a   Flammer, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Finger blood flow; Laser doppler flowmetry; Ocular blood flow; Primary vascular dysregulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CAPILLARY FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 76649142397     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067211002000119     Document Type: Article

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