Pilocarpine gel for the treatment of demodicosis - A case series

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 742-745

  Fulk, George W ^a   Murphy, Barbara ^a   Robins, Mira D ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blepharitis; Demodex folliculorum; demodicosis; pilocarpine

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DRUG PRODUCTS; EYE PROTECTION; PATIENT TREATMENT; PERSONNEL;

DEMODEX FOLLICOLURUM; DEMODICOSIS; OCULAR ITCHING; PILOCARPINE;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

PILOCARPINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMODEX; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RETIREMENT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; EYELASHES; FEMALE; GELS; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PILOCARPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030457318     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199612000-00004     Document Type: Article

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