The kinetics of anterior chamber ofloxacin penetration

Cornea

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 72-75

  Bouchard, Charles S ^a,b   King, Kevin K ^a   Holmes, Jonathan M ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous; Cataract surgery; Fluoroquinolone; Ofloxacin; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

OFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030065310     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199601000-00013     Document Type: Article

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