Unoprostone isopropyl pretreatment decreases endothelin-1 release and the intra-ocular pressure spike induced by laser trabeculoplasty in the rabbit

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-236

  Holló, Gábor ^a   Visontai, Zsuzsanna ^a   Lakatos, Péter ^b   Vargha, Péter ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Argon laser trabeculoplasty; Endothelin antagonists; Glaucoma; Intra ocular pressure; Rescula ; Unoprostone isopropyl

Indexed keywords

BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; UNOPROSTONE ISOPROPYL ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG INSTILLATION; EYE PROTECTION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN SECRETION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRABECULOPLASTY;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DINOPROST; ENDOTHELIN-1; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; MODELS, ANIMAL; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 0037242372     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068972     Document Type: Article

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