Diltiazem reduces retinal neovascularization in a mouse model of oxygen induced retinopathy

Current Eye Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-27

  Higgins, Rosemary D ^a   Yu, Kim ^a   Sanders, Raymond J ^b   Nandgaonkar, Bharat N ^a   Rotschild, Tomas ^a   Rifkin, Daniel B ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Kaplan Cancer Center   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium channel blocking agent; Mouse; Neovascularization; Oxygen; Retina; Retinopathy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FROZEN SECTION; HYPEROXIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINOPATHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DILTIAZEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPEROXIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OXYGEN; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINAL VESSELS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY;

EID: 0032898253     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.18.1.20.5390     Document Type: Article

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