Effect of ageing on the retinal vascular responsiveness to flicker light in glaucoma patients and in ocular hypertension

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 848-851

  Gugleta, Konstantin ^a   Türksever, Cengiz ^a   Polunina, Anna ^a   Orgül, Selim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

GLAUCOMA;

ADULT; AGING; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; RETINAL VESSELS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 84879414454     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302779     Document Type: Article

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