Risk of ocular hypertension or open-angle glaucoma in elderly patients on oral glucocorticoids

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9083, 1997, Pages 979-982

  Garbe, Edeltraut ^a,b,c,d   LeLorier, Jacques ^c   Boivin, Jean Francois ^b,c   Suissa, Samy ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Potsdam Inst P   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

AGED; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LONG TERM CARE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030848026     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)03392-8     Document Type: Article

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