Influence of gender and menopausal status on peripheral and choroidal circulation

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 850-853

  Kavroulaki, Dimitra ^a   Gugleta, Konstantin ^a   Kochkorov, Asan ^a   Katamay, Robert ^a   Flammer, Josef ^a   Orgul, Selim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

choroidal circulation; finger circulation; gender; menopausal status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHOROID VASCULARIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHOROID; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEX FACTORS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649889583     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01607.x     Document Type: Article

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