The mydriatic effect of tropicamide and its diagnostic use in Alzheimer's disease

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 165-168

  Reitner, Andreas ^a   Baumgartner, Isabella ^a   Thuile, Christian ^a   Dilmaghani, Ramin Baradaran ^a   Ergun, Erdem ^a   Kaminski, Stephan ^a   Lukas, Julius ^a   Dal Bianco, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Mydriasis; Pupil; Tropicamide

Indexed keywords

TROPICAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA PERMEABILITY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MYDRIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAR FILM; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYDRIATICS; PUPIL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TROPICAMIDE;

EID: 0031016956     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(96)00119-8     Document Type: Article

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