Case report: Unilateral mydriasis from topical Opcon-A and soft contact lens

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1035-1037

  Williams, Timothy L ^a   Williams, Andrea J ^a   Enzenauer, Robert W ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Wadsworth Medical Arts Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; OPCON A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG MISUSE; HUMAN; MALE; MYDRIASIS; SELF MEDICATION; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MYDRIASIS; NAPHAZOLINE; NASAL DECONGESTANTS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PHENIRAMINE;

EID: 0030862454     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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