Comparison of dorzolamide and pilocarpine as adjunctive therapy in patients with open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1533-1538

  Hartenbaum, David ^a,b   Maloney, Susan ^a   Vaccarelli, Leslie ^a   Liss, Charles ^a   Wilson, Helene ^a   Gormley, Glenn J ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorzolamide hydrochloride; Intraocular pressure; Ocular hypertension; Open angle glaucoma; Pilocarpine hydrochloride

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE; PILOCARPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TASTE DISORDER;

EID: 0032841926     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(00)80008-9     Document Type: Article

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