Are we ready to replace cocaine with apraclonidine in the pharmacologic diagnosis of Horner syndrome?

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 69-70

  Kardon, Randy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; APRACLONIDINE; CLONIDINE; COCAINE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANISOCORIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EDITORIAL; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHINCTER PUPILLAE MUSCLE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; CLONIDINE; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMANS;

EID: 20344369062     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wno.0000172602.10008.18     Document Type: Editorial

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