Effect of viagra on retinal vein diameter in AMD patients

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 128-132

  Metelitsina, Tatyana I ^a   Grunwald, Juan E ^a   DuPont, Joan C ^a   Ying, Gui shuang ^a   Liu, Chengcheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

age related macular degeneration (AMD); retinal vein diameter; sildenafil citrate (viagra)

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA VEIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VASODILATATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PIPERAZINES; RETINAL VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33646874577     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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