Beta blocker use and age-related macular degeneration

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Davis, Aaron ^a   Cohen, Steven M ^b   Pautler, Scott E ^b   Billiris Findlay, Karina ^b   Eichenbaum, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL;

AGED; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; DRY RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WET RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG UTILIZATION; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMANS; PROPRANOLOL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WET MACULAR DEGENERATION;

EID: 84857784676     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02117.x     Document Type: Letter

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