Effect of oral nifedipine on ocular blood flow in patients with low tension glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1060-1062

  Geyer, Orna ^a,b   Neudorfer, Meira ^a   Kessler, Ada ^a   Firsteter, Edit ^a   Lazar, Moshe ^a   Almog, Yhoshua ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; NIFEDIPINE;

AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CILIARY ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030448315     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.80.12.1060     Document Type: Article

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