Intravenous administration of clonidine reduces intraocular pressure and alters ocular blood flow

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1354-1358

  Weigert, Günther ^a   Resch, Hemma ^a   Luksch, Alexandra ^a   Reitsamer, Herbert A ^b   Fuchsjager Mayrl, Gabriele ^a   Schmetterer, Leopold ^a   Garhofer, Gerhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOROID; CLONIDINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EYE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; OPTIC DISK; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 34848921499     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.116574     Document Type: Article

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