Influence of Ginkgo biloba on ocular blood flow

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 445-449

  Wimpissinger, Barbara ^a   Berisha, Fatmire ^a   Garhoefer, Gerhard ^a   Polak, Kaija ^a   Schmetterer, Leopold ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Egb761; Fundus pulsation amplitude; Ginkgo biloba; Ocular blood flow; Retinal diameter

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHOROID; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; EYE BLOOD FLOW; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERFEROMETRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VEIN DIAMETER;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CHOROID; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EYE; GINKGO BILOBA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; PLANT EXTRACTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VESSELS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 34250181641     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.00887.x     Document Type: Article

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