Aggregation and deformability of erythrocytes in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG); The assessment of arterial hypertension

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 277-285

  Michalska Małecka, Katarzyna ^a   Słowińska ŁOyńska, Ludmiła ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

aggregation of erythrocytes; arterial hypertension; deformability of erythrocytes; LORCA; Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE;

EID: 84865708817     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: 18758622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2012-1533     Document Type: Article

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