Effect of Ginkgo biloba extract on preexisting visual field damage in normal tension glaucoma

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 359-362

  Quaranta, Luciano ^a,c   Bettelli, Sabina ^a   Uva, Maurizio G ^b   Semeraro, Francesco ^a   Turano, Raffaele ^a   Gandolfo, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c Clinica Oculistica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL TENSION GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION TEST; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0037314489     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01745-1     Document Type: Article

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