Ultrasound biomicroscopic analysis of the human ciliary body after 1 and 2% pilocarpine instillation

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 253-259

  Arakawa, Akira ^a   Tamai, Makoto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ciliary body thinning; Pilocarpine; Ultrasound biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CILIARY BODY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INSTILLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034128880     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027500     Document Type: Article

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