Altered nitric oxide system in patients with open-angle glaucoma

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 494-498

  Polak, Kaija ^a   Luksch, Alexandra ^a   Berisha, Fatmire ^a   Fuchsjaeger Mayrl, Gabriele ^a   Dallinger, Susanne ^a   Schmetterer, Leopold ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EYE BLOOD FLOW; EYE FUNDUS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOROID; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; OPTIC DISK; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 34247096419     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.125.4.494     Document Type: Article

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