Association between corneal thickness, mean intraocular pressure, disease stability and severity, and cost of treatment in glaucoma: A Canadian analysis

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 489-494

  Walker, John H ^a,b   Buys, Yvonne ^c   Trope, Graham ^c   Vicente, Colin ^a,g   Einarson, Thomas R ^a,d   Covert, David ^e   Iskedjian, Michael ^a,f  

^a PharmIdeas Research and Consulting Inc   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

^f NONE   (Canada)

^g Bayer HealthCare Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; Disease stability; Intraocular Pressure; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSULTATION; CORNEA THICKNESS; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; FILTERING OPERATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORNEA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 18744380419     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079905X38169     Document Type: Article

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