Optic nerve oxygen tension: The effects of timolol and dorzolamide

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 276-279

  Kiilgaard, J F ^a,b   Pedersen, D B ^a,b   Eysteinsson, T ^c   La Cour, M ^a   Bang, K ^d   Jensen, P K ^a   Stefansson E ^c  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DORZOLAMIDE; TIMOLOL;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OXYGEN ELECTRODE; OXYGEN TENSION; POLAROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HEART RATE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPTIC DISK; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; SULFONAMIDES; SWINE; THIOPHENES; TIMOLOL;

EID: 0942279520     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.021857     Document Type: Article

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