Comparison of mydriatic efficacy of spray application and drop instillation of tropicamide 1%

Eye

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 653-655

  Akman, Ahmet ^a   Aydin, Pinar ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Mydriatics; Ocular drug delivery; Ocular spray; Tropicamide

Indexed keywords

MYDRIATIC AGENT; TROPICAMIDE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MYDRIASIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PUPIL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032738565     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1999.177     Document Type: Article

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