Delayed choroidal and retinal blood flow in polycythaemia vera patients with transient ocular blindness: A preliminary study with fluorescein angiography

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 745-747

  Yang, Hyun Seung ^a   Joe, Soo Geun ^a   Kim, June Gone ^a   Park, So Hyun ^b   Ko, Hong Suk ^b  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Seoul Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Choroidal blood flow; Fluorescein angiography; Haematocrit; Polycythaemia vera; Retinal blood flow

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARM CHOROID FILLING TIME; ARTERIOVENOUS TRANSIT TIME; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BODY MASS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CENTRAL RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSFUNCTIONAL TEAR SYNDROME; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHOROID; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; RETINAL VESSELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84877812344     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12290     Document Type: Article

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