Ocular hypertensive and anti-inflammatory responses to different dosages of topical dexamethasone in children: A randomized trial

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 252-258

  Lam, Dennis S C ^a   Fan, Dorothy S P ^a   Ng, Joan S K ^a   Yu, Christopher B O ^a   Wong, Chun Y ^a   Cheung, Albert Y K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Children; Chinese; Glaucoma; Steroid

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG DOSE; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRABISMUS SURGERY; AGE; ASIAN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DRUG EFFECT; ETHNOLOGY; HONG KONG; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STRABISMUS;

AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STRABISMUS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 23044470400     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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