A Multicenter Comparison of the Ocular Efficacy and Safety of Diclofenac 0.1% Solution with that of Ketorolac 0.5% Solution in Patients with Acute Seasonal Allergic Conjunctivitis

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-145

  Tauber, Joseph ^a   Raizman, Michael B ^a   Ostrov, Charles S ^a   Laibovitz, Robert A ^a   Abelson, Mark B ^a   Gordon Betts, J ^a   Koester, John M ^a   Gill, Diane ^a   Schaich, Lynn ^a  

^a Felix N Sabatesi Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; KETOROLAC TROMETAMOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031955833     PISSN: 10807683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jop.1998.14.137     Document Type: Article

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