The association between glaucoma, vascular function and inflammatory process

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-115

  Siasos, Gerasimos ^a   Tousoulis, Dimitris ^a   Siasou, Georgia ^a   Moschos, Marilita M ^a   Oikonomou, Evangelos ^a   Zaromitidou, Marina ^a   Marinos, Georgios ^a   Korompelis, Porfyrios ^a   Papavassiliou, Athanasios G ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Endothelium; Inflammation; Primary open angle glaucoma; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78650844678     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.09.083     Document Type: Article

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