Acute effect of metipranolol on the retinal circulation

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 892-896

  Wolf, Sebastian ^a,b   Werner, Eva ^a   Schulte, Karin ^a   Reim, Martin ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUORESCEIN; METIPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA ANGIOGRAPHY; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA CAPILLARY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031660059     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.8.892     Document Type: Article

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