Retinal neurovascular coupling in patients with glaucoma and ocular hypertension and its association with the level of glaucomatous damage

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 251, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1577-1585

  Gugleta, K ^a   Waldmann, N ^a   Polunina, A ^a   Kochkorov, A ^a   Katamay, R ^a   Flammer, J ^a   Orgul, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flicker; Glaucoma; Ocular hypertension; Retinal vessels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINAL VESSEL ANALYZER; THICKNESS; TONOMETRY; VISUAL FIELD;

FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL VESSELS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84878739532     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-013-2276-9     Document Type: Article

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