Fluorescein leakage of the optic disc: Time course in primary open-angle glaucoma

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-320

  Plange, Niklas ^a   Kaup, Marion ^a   Doehmen, Benjamin ^a   Remky, Andreas ^a   Arend, Kay Oliver ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Eye Center Alsdorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Capillary leakage; Fluorescein angiography; Optic disc; Primary open angle glaucoma

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; TIME; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VESSELS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77950646644     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2010.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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