Retinopathy assessment in hypertension is still puzzling

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 726-

  Triantafyllou, Areti ^a   Gavriilaki, Eleni ^a   Douma, Stella ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84863648935     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2012.46     Document Type: Letter

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