Effect of changing from concomitant timolol pilocarpine to bimatoprost monotherapy on ocular blood flow and IOP in primary chronic angle closure glaucoma

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-112

  Agarwal, Harish C ^a   Gupta, Viney ^a   Sihota, Ramanjit ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMATOPROST; PILOCARPINE; TIMOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRURITUS;

EID: 0038303204     PISSN: 10807683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/108076803321637636     Document Type: Article

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