Choroidal Detachment Following the Use of Tamsulosin (Flomax)

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 351-353

  Shapiro, Brett L ^a   Petrovic, Velimir ^b   Lee, Scott E ^a   Flach, Allan ^a   McCaffery, Sharon ^a   O'Brien, Joan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; HOMATROPINE; PREDNISOLONE; SABAL EXTRACT; TAMSULOSIN; TERAZOSIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID; CHOROID DETACHMENT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SABAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHOROID DISEASES; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECURRENCE; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 33846389190     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.09.032     Document Type: Article

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