Assessment of retinal hemodynamics with the Canon laser blood flowmeter after a single dose of 2% dorzolamide hydrochloride eyedrops

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 506-510

  Faingold, Dana ^a,b   Hudson, Chris ^a,b   Flanagan, John ^a,b   Guan, Kit ^a   Rawji, Mustafa ^a   Buys, Yvonne M ^a,b   Trope, Graham E ^a,b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Dorzolamide hydrochloride; Intraocular pressure

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETER; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER FLOWMETER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RETINA BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 4444338270     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(04)80139-X     Document Type: Article

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