Effects of dipivefrin and pilocarpine on pupil diameter, automated perimetry and LogMAR acuity

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-124

  Edgar, David F ^a   Crabb, David P ^b   Rudnicka, Alicja R ^a   Lawrenson, John G ^a   Guttridge, Nancy M ^a   O'Brien, Colm J ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; DIPIVEFRINE; PILOCARPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIOSIS; MYDRIASIS; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; PUPILLOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033019105     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050206     Document Type: Article

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