Efficacy of hyaluronidase in reducing increases in intraocular pressure related to the use of viscoelastic substances

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1218-1221

  Harooni, Mark ^a,b   Freilich, Jonathan M ^a   Abelson, Mark ^a   Refojo, Miguel ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; HEALON AND HEALON; HYALURONIDASE; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 0032466220     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.9.1218     Document Type: Article

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