The short-term effect of acupuncture on different ocular blood flow parameters in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma: A randomized, clinical study

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2018, Pages 1285-1291

  Leszczynska, Anna ^a   Ramm, Lisa ^a   Spoerl, Eberhard ^a   Pillunat, Lutz E ^a   Terai, Naim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Dynamic vessel analyzer; Glaucoma; Heidelberg retina flowmeter; Langham ocular blood flow system; Ocular blood flow; Retinal vessel diameter

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC VESSEL ANALYZER; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PARAPAPILLARY RETINAL BLOOD FLOW; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; THERAPY EFFECT; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 85057726158     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S170396     Document Type: Article

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