Are intracranial pressure fluctuations important in glaucoma?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 598-600

  Wostyn, Peter ^a   De Groot, Veva ^b   Audenaert, Kurt ^c   De Deyn, Peter Paul ^d,e  

^a PC Sint Amandus ^*  (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B WAVE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE COURSE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PATHOGENESIS; SHEAR STRESS; SUPINE POSITION; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80052638230     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.06.043     Document Type: Article

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