Differential diameter responses in macular and peripheral retinal arterioles may contribute to the regional distribution of diabetic retinopathy lesions

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 407-412

  Skov Jensen, Peter ^a   Jeppesen, Peter ^a   Bek, Toke ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Dynamic vessel analyzer; Metabolic autoregulation; Pressure autoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ARTERIOLES; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL ARTERY; VASODILATION;

EID: 79955609299     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-010-1549-9     Document Type: Article

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