Efficacy of oxymetazoline eye drops in non-infectious conjunctivitis, the most common cause of acute red eyes

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 363-367

  Xuan, Bo ^a   Chiou, George C Y ^a  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYMETAZOLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030879878     PISSN: 10807683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jop.1997.13.363     Document Type: Article

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