Subfoveal choroidal blood flow and central retinal function in early glaucoma

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Marangoni, Dario ^a   Falsini, Benedetto ^a   Colotto, Alberto ^a   Salgarello, Tommaso ^a   Anselmi, Gianmario ^a   Fadda, Antonello ^b   Di Renzo, Antonio ^c   Campos, Emilio C ^d   Riva, Charles E ^d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

central retinal function; choroidal blood flow; glaucoma; pattern electroretinogram

Indexed keywords

LATANOPROST; TIMOLOL MALEATE; TRAVOPROST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VOLUME; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY MANIFEST GLAUCOMA; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATTERN ELECTRORETINOGRAM; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; SUBFOVEAL CHOROIDAL BLOOD FLOW; SUBFOVEAL CHOROIDAL BLOOD VOLUME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOROID; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS;

EID: 84861613393     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02340.x     Document Type: Article

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