Relationship of Ocular Microcirculation, Measured by Laser Speckle Flowgraphy, and Silent Brain Infarction in Primary Aldosteronism

Hiroshi Kunikata; Naoko Aizawa; Masataka Kudo; Shunji Mugikura; Fumihiko Nitta; Ryo Morimoto; Yoshitsugu Iwakura; Yoshikiyo Ono; Fumitoshi Satoh; Hidetoshi Takahashi; Sadayoshi Ito; Shoki Takahashi; Toru Nakazawa

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117452

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Relationship of Ocular Microcirculation, Measured by Laser Speckle Flowgraphy, and Silent Brain Infarction in Primary Aldosteronism

Hiroshi Kunikata ,

* E-mail: kunikata@oph.med.tohoku.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Department of Retinal Disease Control, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Naoko Aizawa,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Masataka Kudo,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Shunji Mugikura,

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Fumihiko Nitta,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Ryo Morimoto,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Yoshitsugu Iwakura,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Yoshikiyo Ono,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Fumitoshi Satoh,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Hidetoshi Takahashi,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Sadayoshi Ito,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Shoki Takahashi,

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Toru Nakazawa

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Department of Retinal Disease Control, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Department of Advanced Ophthalmic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Relationship of Ocular Microcirculation, Measured by Laser Speckle Flowgraphy, and Silent Brain Infarction in Primary Aldosteronism

Hiroshi Kunikata,
Naoko Aizawa,
Masataka Kudo,
Shunji Mugikura,
Fumihiko Nitta,
Ryo Morimoto,
Yoshitsugu Iwakura,
Yoshikiyo Ono,
Fumitoshi Satoh,
Hidetoshi Takahashi

Published: February 12, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117452

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