The short-term effect of flavonoid-rich dark chocolate on retinal vessel diameter in glaucoma patients and age-matched controls

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Terai, Naim ^a   Gedenk, Alexandra ^a   Spoerl, Eberhard ^a   Pillunat, Lutz E ^a   Stodtmeister, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

dark chocolate; dynamic vessel analysis; flavonoids; glaucoma; nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PLACEBO; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; SUGAR;

ADULT; ARTERIO VENOUS RATIO; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CACAO; CENTRAL RETINAL ARTERY EQUIVALENT; CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN EQUIVALENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FLAVONOID RICH DARK CHOCOLATE; FOOD INTAKE; GLAUCOMA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA VEIN; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VENULE; WHITE CHOCOLATE; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; HEART RATE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASODILATATION;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CACAO; CANDY; FLAVONOIDS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL ARTERY; RETINAL VEIN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VASODILATION;

EID: 84904717733     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12373     Document Type: Article

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