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Josef Flammer is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with particular specialization in ophthalmology and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields such as neurology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and oncology.

Their studies center around several main topics, including:

  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Retinal Imaging and Analysis
  • Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery

Josef Flammer's recent publications include:

  • Role of ocular blood flow in normal tension glaucoma, 2022, Advances in Ophthalmology Practice and Research
  • Retinal venous pressure is decreased after anti-VEGF therapy in patients with retinal vein occlusion-related macular edema, 2021, Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
  • Treatment of Glaucoma Patients with Flammer Syndrome, 2021, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • The effect of a specific vitamin supplement containing L-methylfolate (Ocufolin forte) in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration, 2025, Advances in Ophthalmology Practice and Research
  • Endosomal disentanglement of a transducible artificial transcription factor targeting endothelin receptor A, 2021, Molecular Therapy

Frequent coauthors associated with Josef Flammer's work include:

  • Katarzyna Konieczka
  • Xingdi Wu
  • Xin Liu
  • Min Chen
  • Ke Yao

Josef Flammer frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Advances in Ophthalmology Practice and Research
  • Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Molecular Therapy
  • Optometry & contact lenses

Best Publications

  • The impact of ocular blood flow in glaucoma.

    Josef Flammer;Selim Orgül;Vital P Costa;Nicola Orzalesi

  • Choroidal capillary and venous congestion in central serous chorioretinopathy

    Christian Prünte;Josef Flammer

  • The vascular concept of glaucoma.

    Josef Flammer

  • Vasospasm, its Role in the Pathogenesis of Diseases with Particular Reference to the Eye

    Josef Flammer;Mona Pache;Thérèse Resink

  • Optic nerve blood-flow abnormalities in glaucoma.

    Josef Flammer;Selim Orgül

  • The eye and the heart

    Josef Flammer;Katarzyna Konieczka;Rosa M. Bruno;Agostino Virdis

  • Vascular dysregulation: a principal risk factor for glaucomatous damage?

    Josef Flammer;Ivan Haefliger;Selim Orgül;Thérèse Resink

  • What Is the Present Pathogenetic Concept of Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy

    Josef Flammer;Maneli Mozaffarieh

  • Architecture of arachnoid trabeculae, pillars, and septa in the subarachnoid space of the human optic nerve: anatomy and clinical considerations

    H E Killer;H R Laeng;J Flammer;P Groscurth

  • Differential light threshold. Short- and long-term fluctuation in patients with glaucoma, normal controls, and patients with suspected glaucoma

    Josef Flammer;Stephen M. Drance;Mario Zulauf

  • Blood flow in glaucoma.

    Matthias C Grieshaber;Josef Flammer

  • The primary vascular dysregulation syndrome: implications for eye diseases

    Josef Flammer;Katarzyna Konieczka;Andreas J Flammer

  • Blood-cell velocity in the nailfold capillaries of patients with normal-tension and high-tension glaucoma.

    Paul Gasser;Josef Flammer

  • Blood-flow velocities of the extraocular vessels in patients with high-tension and normal-tension primary open-angle glaucoma.

    Hedwig J. Kaiser;Andreas Schoetzau;Daniela Stümpfig;Josef Flammer

  • Nitric oxide and endothelin-1 are important regulators of human ophthalmic artery.

    I O Haefliger;J Flammer;T F Lüscher

  • The Vascular Endothelium as a Regulator of the Ocular Circulation: A New Concept in Ophthalmology?

    Ivan O. Haefliger;Peter Meyer;Josef Flammer;Thomas F. Lüscher

  • Relationship between ocular perfusion pressure and retrobulbar blood flow in patients with glaucoma with progressive damage

    Doina Gherghel;Selim Orgül;Konstantin Gugleta;Margarita Gekkieva

  • What is the link between vascular dysregulation and glaucoma

    Matthias C. Grieshaber;Maneli Mozaffarieh;Josef Flammer

  • Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics between the intracranial and the subarachnoid space of the optic nerve. Is it always bidirectional

    H. E. Killer;G. P. Jaggi;J. Flammer;N. R. Miller

  • A sick eye in a sick body? Systemic findings in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma.

    Mona Pache;Josef Flammer

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil R. Miller
Neil R. Miller Johns Hopkins University
Thomas F. Lüscher
Thomas F. Lüscher University of Zurich
Anna Wirz-Justice
Anna Wirz-Justice University of Basel
Stephen M. Drance
Stephen M. Drance University of British Columbia
Werner M. Nau
Werner M. Nau Jacobs University
Walter E. Haefeli
Walter E. Haefeli Heidelberg University
Ludwig Kappos
Ludwig Kappos University Hospital of Basel
Mario Blumthaler
Mario Blumthaler Innsbruck Medical University
Christian Cajochen
Christian Cajochen University of Basel
Paolo Monini
Paolo Monini Istituto Superiore di Sanità

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