Intravenous administration of L-arginine increases retinal and choroidal blood flow

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69.e1-69.e9

  Garhöfer, Gerhard ^a   Resch, Hemma ^a   Lung, Solveig ^a   Weigert, Günther ^a   Schmetterer, Leopold ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Optical Imaging and its Translation to Medicine   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CHOROID; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA VEIN;

EID: 22444432967     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.02.016     Document Type: Article

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