Efficacy of Mipragoside ophthalmic gel in vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Eye

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 422-424

  Centofanti, Marco ^a   Schiavone, Mauro ^a   Lambiase, Alessandro ^a   Taffara, Monica ^b   Giuffrida, Sebastiano ^b   Bonini, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Fidia Sud Eye Research Division   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE; MIPRAGOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

EID: 0029841349     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1996.93     Document Type: Article

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