A randomized trial comparing the dorzolamide-timolol combination given twice daily to monotherapy with timolol and dorzolamide

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1945-1951

  Boyle, Janet E ^a   Ghosh, Kalyan ^a   Gieser, David K ^b   Adamsons, Ingrid A ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Wheaton Eye Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE; DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL; TIMOLOL; TIMOLOL MALEATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031737943     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)91046-6     Document Type: Article

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