Ocular rigidity

Expert Review of Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 343-351

  Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^a   Dastiridou, Anna I ^b   Tsilimbaris, Miltiadis K ^a   Karyotakis, Nikolaos G ^a   Ginis, Harilaos S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Elasticity; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Ocular rigidity; Sclera

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ADRENALIN; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; MIOTIC AGENT; PILOCARPINE;

AGE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD VOLUME; CORNEA THICKNESS; DRUG MECHANISM; ELASTICITY; EYE BLOOD FLOW; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; MANOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PULSATILE FLOW; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SCLERA; TONOMETRY; UVEITIS;

EID: 77953183002     PISSN: 17469899     EISSN: 17469902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eop.10.30     Document Type: Review

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