Effects of Sildenafil and Tadalafil on Intraocular Pressure in Sheep: Implications for Aqueous Humor Dynamics

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3139-3144

  Gerometta, Rosana ^a   Alvarez, Lawrence J ^b   Candia, Oscar A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

^b Departments of Ophthalmology   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS HUMOR PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORST; CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TONOMETRY; ANIMAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; METABOLISM; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CARBOLINES; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; SHEEP; SULFONES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 77953272334     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4862     Document Type: Article

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