A comparison of the effects of dorzolamide/timolol fixed combination versus latanoprost on intraocular pressure and pulsatile ocular blood flow in primary open-angle glaucoma patients

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 730-737

  Janulevicienë, Ingrida ^a   Harris, A ^b   Kagemann, L ^b   Siesky, B ^b   McCranor, L ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Pulsatile ocular blood flow

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL; LATANOPROST; TIMOLOL MALEATE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTAGLANDINS F, SYNTHETIC; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SULFONAMIDES; THIOPHENES; TIMOLOL; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 11244321804     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2004.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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