Tales of two drugs

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-2

  Neufeld, Arthur H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LATANOPROST; MINOXIDIL; PROPRANOLOL; PROSTAGLANDIN F; SILDENAFIL; TIMOLOL;

BLOOD EYE BARRIER; DRUG RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; EYE INFLAMMATION; GLAUCOMA; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PATENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DRUG DESIGN; GLAUCOMA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACOLOGY; PROSTAGLANDINS F, SYNTHETIC; TIMOLOL;

EID: 12844283243     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000149477.67355.fc     Document Type: Editorial

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