The association between self-reported glaucoma and Ginkgo biloba use

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 543-545

  Khoury, Rita ^a   Cross, Jennifer Moren ^b   Girkin, Christopher A ^b   Owsley, Cynthia ^b   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Ginkgo biloba; Glaucoma; Herbal treatments; Population based sample

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATARACT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG USE; GENDER; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SELF REPORT; STROKE;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349738028     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e318193c44a     Document Type: Article

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