Drug-induced bilateral transient myopia with the sulphonamide sulphasalazine

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 567-570

  Santodomingo Rubido, J ^a   Gilmartin, B ^a   Wolffsohn, J S ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Myopia; Ocular adverse reactions; Sulphasalazine; Sulphonamides

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; MELOXICAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SULFONAMIDE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; THIAZINE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT LENS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG COMBINATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CONTACT LENSES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOPIA; SULFASALAZINE; THIAZINES; THIAZOLES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1542544680     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2003.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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