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Reduced baseline diameter and contraction of peripheral retinal arterioles immediately after remote ischemia in

Yasmin El Dabagh1,2, Line Petersen3, Michael Pedersen4

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark. yasmin.eldabagh@clin.au.dk.

Graefe'S Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht Von Graefes Archiv Fur Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie
|July 6, 2019
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Keywords:
Diabetic retinopathyDiameter changesDynamic Vessel AnalyzerRemote ischemic conditioningRetinal vessels

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