Systemic vascular dysregulation and retrobulbar hemodynamics in normal-tension glaucoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4467-4471

  Galassi, Fernando ^a   Giambene, Barbara ^a   Varriale, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIN 1; NITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; OCULAR PERFUSION PRESSURE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA ARTERY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ANGIOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE; FOLLOW UP; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

EYE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 80052354037     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6710     Document Type: Article

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