Acute effects of sildenafil citrate (Viagra®) on intraocular pressure in open-angle glaucoma

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 872-874

  Grunwald, Juan E ^a,b   Jacob, Sindhu S ^a   Siu, Kelly ^a   Piltz, Jody ^a   Dupont, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; SILDENAFIL; CYCLIC GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; IMPOTENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 0034747333     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(01)01268-5     Document Type: Article

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