Dorzolamide versus pilocarpine as adjunctive therapies to timolol: A comparison of patient preference and impact on daily life

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 821-832

  Laibovitz, Robert ^a   Boyle, Janet ^b   Snyder, Ellen ^b   Strohmaier, Kim ^b   Adamsons, Ingrid ^b  

^a Eye Research Associates   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE; EYE DROPS; PILOCARPINE; TIMOLOL;

ACCOMMODATION; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PREFERENCE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYEBROW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASTE DISORDER; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0029857675     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(96)80042-7     Document Type: Article

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