Differences in ocular blood flow in glaucoma between patients of African and European descent

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 117-121

  Siesky, Brent ^a   Harris, Alon ^a   Racette, Lyne ^a   Abassi, Rania ^a   Chandrasekhar, Kaarthik ^a   Tobe, Leslie A ^a   Behzadi, Jennifer ^a   Eckert, George ^a   Amireskandari, Annahita ^a   Muchnik, Michael ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African descent; blood flow; glaucoma; race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CILIARY ARTERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; EUROPEAN; EYE BLOOD FLOW; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT; OCULAR BLOOD FLOW; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTIVE INDEX; RETINA ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL FIELD; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAUCASIAN; COLOR DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CILIARY ARTERIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84923577070     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31829d9bb0     Document Type: Article

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