The Hettinger hand vibration test, vasospasm, and glaucoma

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Goldberg, Ivan ^b   Chai, Eric ^b   Chia, Audrey ^b   Benscher, Chris ^b   Bauman, Adrian ^a   Chen, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Hettinger hand vibration test; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETAXOLOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPIVEFRINE; PILOCARPINE; PROPRANOLOL; TIMOLOL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HAND; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VASOSPASM; VIBRATION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; BETAXOLOL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HAND; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NEUROPATHY, ISCHEMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL ARTERY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIMOLOL; VASOCONSTRICTION; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032776870     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(99)00052-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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