Letter to the editor: Partial central retinal artery occlusion offers a unique insight into the ischemic penumbra

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-22

  McLeod, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AXOPLASM FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CENTRAL RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINX; LETTER; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINOPATHY; TISSUE PERFUSION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84856137606     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S28232     Document Type: Letter

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