The translaminar pressure gradient in sustained zero gravity, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and glaucoma

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 719-724

  Berdahl, John P ^a   Yu, Dao Yi ^b   Morgan, William H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COSMONAUT; CRANIAL NERVE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PAPILLEDEMA; PARAMETERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SPACE FLIGHT; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TRANSLAMINAR PRESSURE DIFFERENCE; TRANSLAMINAR PRESSURE GRADIENT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 84869079599     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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