Visual short-term effects of viagra: Double-blind study in healthy young subjects

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 842-849

  Jägle, Herbert ^a   Jägle, Christine ^b   Sérey, Ludwig ^a   Yu, Alice ^a   Rilk, Albrecht ^a   Sadowski, Bettina ^a   Besch, Dorothea ^a   Zrenner, Eberhart ^a   Sharpe, Lindsay T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SILDENAFIL;

A WAVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; HUMAN; INGESTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECORDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISION; VISION TEST;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; RETINA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2342517485     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2003.11.081     Document Type: Article

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