Aqueous humour flow after a single oral dose of isosorbide-5-mononitrate in healthy volunteers

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 355-360

  Kotikoski, Hanna ^a   Oksala, Olli ^c   Vapaatalo, Heikki ^a   Aine, Esko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aqueous humour flow; Fluorophotometry; Intraocular pressure; Nitrate; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; ISOSORBIDE 5 NITRATE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; OFTAN; ORMOX; PLACEBO; TIMOLOL MALEATE;

ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; FEMALE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; TONOMETRY; VOLUNTEER;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; TIMOLOL; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 0042672638     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2003.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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