Morphometric characteristics of central retinal artery and vein endothelium in the normal human optic nerve head

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1359-1367

  Kang, Min H ^a   Balaratnasingam, Chandrakumar ^a,b   Yu, Paula K ^a,b   Morgan, William H ^a   McAllister, Ian L ^a   Cringle, Stephen J ^a,b   Yu, Dao Yi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR LAMINA CRIBROSA; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; POSTERIOR LAMINA CRIBROSA; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA VEIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; AGED; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL VEIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955941691     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6366     Document Type: Article

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