Comparison of additional intraocular pressure-lowering effects latanoprost vs brimonidine in primary open-angle glaucoma patients with intraocular pressure uncontrolled by timolol-dorzolamide combination

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-151

  Akman, A ^a   Cetinkaya, Altug ^a,b   Akova, Y A ^a   Ertan, A ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Baskent Universitesi Ankara Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adjunctive therapy; Brimonidine; Latanoprost; Open angle glaucoma; Timolol dorzolamide combination

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRIMONIDINE; DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL; LATANOPROST; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; EYE BURNING; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCULAR PRURITUS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14644412940     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701428     Document Type: Article

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