Regulation of retinal blood flow in health and disease

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research - Tập 27 Số 3 - Trang 284-330 - 2008
Constantin J. Pournaras1, Elisabeth Rungger‐Brändle2, Charles E. Riva3, Sveinn Hákon Hardarson4, Einar Stefánsson4
1Department of Ophthalmology, Vitreo-Retina Unit, University Hospitals of Geneva, 22 rue Alcide Jentzer, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
2Department of Ophthalmology, Cell Biology Laboratory, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland
3Department of Ophthalmology, University of Bologna, Italy.
4Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iceland, Landspitalinn, Reykjavik, Iceland

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