Glaucoma patients demonstrate faulty autoregulation of ocular blood flow during posture change
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Glaucoma patients demonstrate faulty autoregulation of ocular blood flow during posture change.
BACKGROUND/AIMS Autoregulation of blood flow during posture change is important to ensure consistent organ circulation. The purpose of this study was to compare the change in retrobulbar ocular blood flow in glaucoma patients with normal subjects during supine and upright posture. METHODS 20 open angle glaucoma patients and 20 normal subjects, similar in age and sex distribution, were evaluat...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.7.809