Effects of Hachimi-jio-gan (Ba-wei-di-huang-wan) on blood flow in the human central retinal artery

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 425-435

  Isobe, Hideyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuhiko ^a   Cyong, Jong Chol ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood Flow; Hachimi jio gan (HJG); Human Central Retinal Artery; Placebo; Ultrasonic Diagnosis Device

Indexed keywords

HACHIMIJIOGAN; PLACEBO;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATARACT; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; RETINA ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATARACT; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINAL ARTERY; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 4444220016     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X03001181     Document Type: Article

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