Retinal vessel tortuosity in response to hypobaric hypoxia

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 263-268

  MacCormick, Ian J C ^a   Somner, John ^b   Morris, Daniel S ^c   Macgillivray, Thomas J ^d   Bourne, Rupert R A ^b   Huang, Suber S ^e   Maccormick, Alasdair ^f   Aspinall, Peter A ^g   Baillie, J Kenneth ^h   Thompson, A A Roger ⁱ   Dhillon, Bal ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^f Hillpark Loan   (United Kingdom)

^g HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

antioxidant; hypoxia; retina; sildenafil; tortuosity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; PLACEBO; SILDENAFIL; THIOCTIC ACID;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SCREENING; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOBARIC HYPOXIA; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINAL VESSEL TORTUOSITY; SEA LEVEL; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ANTIOXIDANTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; SULFONES; VASODILATOR AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876403568     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2011.1097     Document Type: Article

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