Short-term effects of topical levobunolol on the human retinal circulation

Eye

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 371-376

  Leung, Melissa ^a   Grunwald, Juan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue field simulation; Human retina; Laser Doppler velocimetry; Levobunolol; Retinal blood flow

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; EYE DROPS; LEVOBUNOLOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VEIN DIAMETER; VELOCITY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0030839395     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1997.78     Document Type: Article

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