Effect of tranilast eyedrops in preventing posterior capsule opacification: Preliminary report

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1394-1399

  Tobari, Ikuo ^a,b   Iwaki, Yoichi ^a,b   Miyake, Kensaku ^a,b  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Miyake Eye Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANILAST;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULORHEXIS; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS CAPSULE; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; ANTHRANILIC ACIDS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; CATARACT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032881328     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(99)00211-4     Document Type: Article

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