Oral vitamins C and E as additional treatment in patients with acute anterior uveitis: A randomised double masked study in 145 patients

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1277-1282

  Van Rooij, Jeroen ^a   Thoe Schwartzenberg, Sicco G W S ^a   Mulder, Paul G H ^b   Baarsma, Seerp G ^a  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2442754071     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.11.1277     Document Type: Article

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