Optic disc fluorescein leakage and intraocular pressure in primary open-angle glaucoma

Current Eye Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 508-512

  Plange, Niklas ^a   Bienert, Marion ^a   Remky, Andreas ^b   Arend, Kay Oliver ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KRANKENHAUS BARMHERZIGE BRÜDER   (Germany)

^c Eye Center Alsdorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Capillary leakage; Fluorescein angiography; Optic disc; Primary open angle glaucoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK FLUORESCEIN LEAKAGE; ORGAN SIZE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; VERTICAL CUP DISK RATIO; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; RETINAL VESSELS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84861027822     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2012.665122     Document Type: Article

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